Road Not Taken

Which road did the traveler take?

• The one less traveled by.

• The one which bent in the undergrowth.

• The fair one.

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What do the following lines from "The Road Not Taken" mean?
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, 

• The speaker thinks both paths are equally good.

• The speaker is only one person and cannot go down two roads at the same time.

• The speaker would rather travel with someone, so they could each explore a path.

• The speaker regrets not taking the other road at the start.

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is the setting of this poem?

• a quiet street on the edge of a town

• a forest in the middle of winter

• a wood with two roads in it

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The speaker of the poem wishes that he or she did not have to make a choice between the roads.
What lines from the poem support this statement?

• And sorry I could not travel both/And be one traveler, long I stood

• Though as for that, the passing there/Had worn them really about the same

• And both that morning equally lay/In leaves no step had trodden black

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Based on the information in the poem, why might the second road have "wanted wear" and been "grassy?"

• because the second road was close to a stream that ran through the woods

• because the second road got a lot of sunlight

• because few people had taken the second road

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The word "diverged" means went in different directions." What is a line in the poem that provides a clue to the meaning of "diverged"?

• To where it bent in the undergrowth;

• Because it was grassy and wanted wear;

• Had worn them really about the same

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What does "this" (line 16) refer to?

• the explanation of why the speaker chose the second road

• the place the speaker will be ages and ages from now

• the description of the first road bending in the undergrowth

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

In the first stanza, the word diverged means ---

• increased

• parted

• came together

• straightened

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Poet choose to travel on another road as:-

• It was easier

• It was less travelled

• It was shorter

• He was sure of his success in that way

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is the main theme of the poem 'The Road Not Taken'?

• A) The inevitability of making choices

• B) The beauty of nature

• C) The importance of friendship

• D) The passage of time

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2