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Chance and Choice: Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken" Answers

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Read these lines from Robert Frost’s "The Road Not Taken.”And sorry I could not travel bothAnd be one traveler, long I stood

A
The speaker desired to always be traveling.
B
The speaker desired to always travel alone.
C
The speaker could only travel to one place.
D
The speaker could only make one choice.
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Which theme statement is most supported by Robert Frost’s "The Road Not Taken”?

A
It is best to exercise great caution when making decisions, because there is no way to go back and redo the past.
B
The only way to be content with decisions we have made is to stop thinking about the past and focus on the future.
C
Because it is human nature to want to be like others, it is best to make a decision based on others’ opinions.
D
Even if we are happy with the decisions we have made, it is human nature to wonder “what might have been.”
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Which lines from Robert Frost’s "The Road Not Taken” most convey a tone of indecision?

A
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,And sorry I could not travel both
B
And be one traveler, long I stoodAnd looked down one as far as I could
C
Then took the other, as just as fair,And having perhaps the better claim,
D
I shall be telling this with a sighSomewhere ages and ages hence:
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Read these lines from Robert Frost’s "The Road Not Taken.”And both that morning equally layIn leaves no step had trodden black.

A
One path seems to hold more promise than the other.
B
Both decisions seem equally likely to turn out poorly.
C
Neither decision appears to be better than the other.
D
Only two choices would turn out well.
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Based on Robert Frost’s poem "The Road Not Taken,” which line most supports the theme that the desire to have it all often makes decisions difficult?

A
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
B
And sorry I could not travel both
C
I doubted if I should ever come back.
D
I took the one less traveled by,
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Based on Robert Frost’s poem "The Road Not Taken,” which lines most support the theme that people want to predict the outcome of important decisions?

A
And be one traveler, long I stoodAnd looked down one as far as I could
B
Then took the other, as just as fair,And having perhaps the better claim,
C
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,I doubted if I should ever come back.
D
I shall be telling this with a sighSomewhere ages and ages hence:
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Read these lines from Robert Frost’s "The Road Not Taken.”Though as for that the passing thereHad worn them really about the same,

A
Both life choices were actually very similar.
B
Both life choices were actually very different.
C
Both life choices were actually very overused.
D
Both life choices were actually very exciting.

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