Mending Wall

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

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The speaker most likely views "a wall" as

• something that is necessary to preserve boundaries between people who might not agree on issues

• an often unnecessary separation of people based primarily on archaic beliefs

• a man-made evil that destroys the symmetry and beauty of the natural landscape

• preservation of all that is good in life and a deterrent to those who would invade or destroy that goodness

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What does the neighbor reply when Frost asks why they need a wall?

• "I will not go behind my father's saying."

• "Walls make for perfect neighbours."

• "Good fences make good neighbours."

• "Walls are needed to keep the peace."

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The two neighbors identified in the poem mainly meet ____________.

• A. every week to talk about repairing the fence

• B. during spring in order to fix the wall

• C. during winter to discuss expanding their property

• D. when the apple harvest is ready to take to market

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What do the speaker and his neighbor do every spring?

• Ask about each other's health

• Play old games

• Argue

• Rebuild a stone wall

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What is the question the narrator asks his neighbor in the poem? [use the exact words from poem]

• Are walls really needed?

• Why do they make good neighbours?

• Why do we need walls?

• Are walls really important?

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With which of the following statements would the speaker most likely agree?

• Good fences make good neighbors

• Some people don’t consider the implications of what they’ve been taught

• Walls must be well-constructed in order to work.

• It’s important to live next door to people from a similar background.

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Why does Robert Frost insist that they do not need a wall?

• The hunters destroy walls.

• Robert Frost has a spell to make the stones balance.

• "Good fences make good neighbors."

• His apple trees will never cross or eat the neighbor's pines.

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At what time of year do the neighbors mend the wall?

• Fall

• Winter

• Summer

• Spring

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do they make good neighbours?" In this question, they refers to...

• fences

• elves

• fathers

• hunters

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