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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 "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.

A
couplets.
B
quatrains.
C
quintains.
D
tercets.
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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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Read the excerpt from "Let America Be America Again” by Langston Hughes.I am the farmer, bondsman to the soil.I am the worker sold to the machine.I am the Negro, servant to you all.I am the people, humble, hungry, mean—Hungry yet today despite the dream.Beaten yet today—O, Pioneers!I am the man who never got ahead,The poorest worker bartered through the years.

A
The speaker is struggling with his own identity.
B
The speaker has had many different professions.
C
The speaker is aware of the variety of jobs in America.
D
The speaker identifies with people suffering in America.
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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 "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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Read the excerpt from "Acquainted with the Night” by Robert Frost.I have stood still and stopped the sound of feetWhen far away an interrupted cryCame over houses from another street,But not to call me back or say good-bye;And further still at an unearthly height, One luminary clock against the sky

A
couplets
B
quatrains
C
quintains
D
tercets
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Read the excerpt from "Yet Do I Marvel” by Countee Cullen.Yet do I marvel at this curious thing:To make a poet black, and bid him sing!

A
It draws attention to how similar writing poetry is to writing songs.
B
It draws attention to the fact that the words of the poet are strange.
C
It emphasizes the fact that poets usually do not recite poetry.
D
It emphasizes how amazed the speaker is to be a Black man and poet.
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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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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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