Mending Wall by Robert Frost

The speaker's tone in the poem could best be described as 

• weary

• philosophical

• bitter

• confrontational

The main idea of the poem is most clearly stated in which of the following lines?

• lines 1-4

• lines 12-24

• lines 32-34

• lines 40-41

The speaker primarily wants his neighbor to

• think for himself and dare to question received and inherited attitudes

• realize that it is senseless to work on repairing a wall between orchards

• admit that good fences do not make good neighbors

• be a better neighbor and act more kindly in the future

Who are the characters in the poem "Mending Wall" by Robert Frost?

• something and the neighbor

• the speaker and something

• the speaker and the wall

• the speaker and his neighbor

What is the topic of "Mending Wall"?

• Two neighbors repairing a stone wall in the Springtime.

• A wall that's not loved and needs to be destroyed.

• Good fences make good neighbors.

• There's mending in the Springtime.

Which is an example of the imagery or images found in "Mending Wall"?

• "That sends the frozen-ground-swell under it, And spills the upper boulders in the sun."

• "He only says, 'Good fences make good neighbors'."

• "Before I built the wall I'd ask to know What I was walling in or walling out..."

• "No one has seen them made or heard them made, But at Springtime mending-time we find them there."

A metaphor that carries the comparison through several lines or throughout an entire poem.

• simile

• metaphor

• extended metaphor

• comparable metaphor

The overall message or lie lesson of a poem.

• topic

• theme

• message

• speaker

The main subject of the poem.

• theme

• speaker

• topic

• rhyme scheme

What is the primary theme of 'Mending Wall' by Robert Frost?

• A) The importance of tradition

• B) The futility of barriers

• C) The beauty of nature

• D) The passage of time