Q 01/05

In which city was Robert Frost born in 1874?

A) Lawrence, Massachusetts

B) Boston

C) San Francisco

D) Derry, New Hampshire

Answer · why

C) San Francisco

Although known for rural New England, he grew up in the city until his family moved east after his father died.

Q 02/05

How many Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry did Frost win, a record?

A) Two

B) Four

C) Five

D) Three

Answer · why

B) Four

They came for New Hampshire, Collected Poems, A Further Range and A Witness Tree.

Q 03/05

Which region's rural life is Frost most associated with?

A) The Great Plains

B) The Pacific Northwest

C) The Deep South

D) New England

Answer · why

D) New England

He used its settings to examine complex social and philosophical themes.

Q 04/05

Frost's poem about two roads diverging in a yellow wood is called what?

A) The Road Not Taken

B) Two Roads

C) The Fork in the Wood

D) The Road Less Traveled

Answer · why

A) The Road Not Taken

It first appeared in the Atlantic Monthly in August 1915 and opened the collection Mountain Interval.

Q 05/05

Which English poet, an indecisive walking companion, inspired Frost's most famous poem about two diverging roads?

A) Siegfried Sassoon

B) Edward Thomas

C) Wilfred Owen

D) Rupert Brooke

Answer · why

B) Edward Thomas

He was killed at the Battle of Arras in 1917 soon after arriving in France.