Unit 9 Board Test

19 MCQs • Board-style practice covering poem comprehension, vocabulary, grammar, literary themes, and interpretation of The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost.

MCQs

19 questions · 20 min · 19 marks

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  1. Question 1

    Who is the poet of 'The Road Not Taken'?

    • AWilliam Wordsworth
    • BRobert Frost
    • CPercy Bysshe Shelley
    • DJohn Keats
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    Answer: B

    Robert Frost wrote the poem 'The Road Not Taken'.

  2. Question 2

    Where do the two roads diverge?

    • AIn a yellow wood
    • BBeside a river
    • COn a mountain
    • DIn a village
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    Answer: A

    The opening line describes two roads diverging in a yellow wood.

  3. Question 3

    Why does the speaker feel sorry?

    • AHe has lost his traveler’s bag
    • BHe cannot travel both roads
    • CHe has arrived too late
    • DHe cannot find the wood
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    Answer: B

    The speaker is one traveler and cannot take both roads.

  4. Question 4

    What does the speaker do before choosing a road?

    • AHe asks another traveler
    • BHe sits beneath a tree
    • CHe looks down one road as far as he can
    • DHe turns back immediately
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    Answer: C

    The speaker studies one road as far as he can see before choosing.

  5. Question 5

    Why does the second road seem to have a better claim?

    • AIt is shorter
    • BIt is grassy and appears to need more use
    • CIt leads to a town
    • DIt is completely free of leaves
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    Answer: B

    The speaker says the road was grassy and seemed to want wear.

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