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Read "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost.Whose woods these are I think I know.His house is in the village though;He will not see me stopping hereTo watch his woods fill up with snow.My little horse must think it queerTo stop without a farmhouse nearBetween the woods and frozen lakeThe darkest evening of the year.He gives his harness bells a shakeTo ask if there is some mistake.The only other sound's the sweepOf easy wind and downy flake.The woods are lovely, dark and deep,But I have promises to keep,And miles to go before I sleep,And miles to go before I sleep.

A
It is the same as the rhyme scheme used in the other stanzas, and highlights how happy the speaker is in the woods.
B
It is the same as the rhyme scheme used in the other stanzas, and confirms the speaker’s desire to stay in the woods.
C
It is different from the rhyme scheme used in the other stanzas, and shows that the speaker has lost interest in the woods.
D
It is different from the rhyme scheme used in the other stanzas, and reflects the speaker’s decision to leave the woods.
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Read the excerpt from "Yet Do I Marvel” by Countee Cullen.Make plain the reason tortured TantalusIs baited by the fickle fruit, declareIf merely brute caprice dooms SisyphusTo struggle up a never-ending stair.Inscrutable His ways are, and immuneTo catechism by a mind too strewnWith petty cares to slightly understandWhat awful brain compels His awful hand.

A
It emphasizes the fact that God will never give reasons for his actions.
B
It emphasizes the difference between being punished and being forgiven.
C
It draws attention to the differences between Greek mythology and Christianity.
D
It draws attention to the many ways that people can struggle in their lives.
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What is rhyme scheme?

A
the pattern of rhymes at the ends of lines
B
the number of words that rhyme in a stanza
C
the words within a line that rhyme
D
the words that rhyme across stanzas
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Read the excerpt from "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost.The woods are lovely, dark and deep,But I have promises to keep,And miles to go before I sleep,And miles to go before I sleep.

A
It emphasizes that the speaker is extremely tired and would like to go to sleep.
B
It suggests that the speaker has many duties to perform before being able to rest.
C
It emphasizes that the speaker will fulfill any promises after traveling the rest of the way.
D
It suggests that the speaker would like to lie down in these woods and go to sleep.
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Read the excerpt from "Yet Do I Marvel” by Countee Cullen.I doubt not God is good, well-meaning, kind,And did He stoop to quibble could tell whyThe little buried mole continues blind, Why flesh that mirrors Him must some day die

A
the difficulty of communicating with God.
B
the ways humans are different from God.
C
the fact that God does not tell us why all life must end.
D
the fact that God treats animals and people the same way.
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Read the excerpt from "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost.Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow.

A
watch
B
woods
C
fill
D
snow

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