1. The poem ?Mending Wall? is thought to have been inspired by the years Robert Frost spent as a poultry farmer in Derry, New Hampshire. Where did he live when he wrote the poem? (Hint: surprising for a New England poet) Dymock, Gloucestershire South Shaftsbury, Vermont Amherst, Massachusetts Ripton, Vermont

2. What is the name of the collection of poems in which Robert Frost?s poem ?Mending Wall? was first published? (Hint: geographical reference) ?Mountain Interval? ?A Boy?s Will? ?North of Boston? ?New Hampshire?

3. What is the literary form of the poem ?Mending Walls? by Robert Frost? sonnet blank verse limerick haiku

4. What is the first line of Robert Frost?s poem ?Mending Wall?? Something there is that doesn?t love a wall Whose woods these are I think I know Good fences make good neighbors Two roads diverged in a yellow way

5. What kind of wall is being mended in Robert Frost?s poem ?Mending Wall?? a wall made of granite boulders balanced on top of each other a dense hedge separating adjacent fields a brick wall a wooden fence

6. What is stated in the poem as causing the need for annual repairs in the poem ?Mending Wall? by Robert Frost? hunters clearing the stones to unearth rabbits winter frosts that cause the ground to move tree roots from the apple trees and pine trees on either side of the boundary neighborhood children playing games

7. What does the poem suggest is the function of the wall in Robert Frost?s ?Mending Wall?? all of these, to varying degrees to bring neighbors together in a common action as they erect and maintain the wall to separate neighbors and ensure the independence of their lives to maintain the security of the farming activities on the neighboring properties

8. What agricultural activities are being undertaken in the fields being re-separated in Robert Frost?s poem ?Mending Wall?? dairy cows in both fields apple orchard and dairy cows apple orchard and pine plantation dairy cows and pine plantation

9. What was President John F. Kennedy doing when he quoted the first line of the poem ?Mending Wall? by Robert Frost? making his inaugural address inspecting the Berlin Wall during a trip to Germany inspecting Hadrian?s wall during a trip to England referring to the Great Wall of China in his second State of the Union speech

10. In Line 41 of ?Mending Wall?, Robert Frost says that his neighbor ?moves in darkness as it seems to me?. Is this darkness physical or metaphorical? metaphorical, but not physical neither physical nor metaphorical both physical and metaphorical physical, but not metaphorical