The Road Not Taken Quiz

"Two roads diverged in a yellow wood" means

• the speaker stood at a dead end road.

• the speaker stood at a fork in the road.

• the speaker stood by three roads.

• the speaker stood by a path leading into the woods.

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

The speaker felt sorry because

• he could not see the road well.

• he did not know which direction to go.

• he could not travel down both roads.

• he was tired of traveling.

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

The speaker chose the road

• to the right.

• that was well worn.

• to the left.

• that was less traveled on.

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

The diverging road metaphorically represents

• conflicts in life.

• life itself.

• death.

• choices we make in life.

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

The rhyme scheme of the poem is

• ABBAA

• AABBA

• ABABA

• ABAAB

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

The poem was written by

• Walt Whitman.

• Robert Frost.

• Robert W. Service.

• Edgar A. Poe.

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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 evidence suggests the roads were different?

• "And having perhaps the better claim"

• "Two roads diverged in a yellow wood"

• "Somewhere ages and ages hence"

• "Because it was grassy and wanted wear"

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

What evidence suggests the roads were similar? (Select all that apply)

• "just as fair"

• "Had worn them really about the same"

• "And both that morning equally lay"

• "And looked down one as far as I could"

• "Yet knowing how way leads on to way"

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

In the line, "Oh, I kept the first for another day!", "the first" refers to

• the narrator's choice.

• the road.

• fate.

• death.

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

This poem might have special relevance to you if

• you are making a decision with significant consequences

• you are concerned about the environment.

• you plan to move to the country.

• you prefer to walk rather than drive.

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.8.2