This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 9 > Class 9 English Poem Chapter 1 The Road Not Taken – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 9 English Poem Chapter 1 The Road Not Taken Quiz 1 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What does Poet's long stare at the path signify? A) (a) the time taken by people to decide and making a choice. B) (b) poet loves nature. C) Idling away of time. D) (d) relaxation hours. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) (a) the time taken by people to decide and making a choice. 2. What is the primary theme of 'The Road Not Taken'? A) Choices and their consequences. B) Love and loss. C) War and peace. D) Friendship and betrayal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Choices and their consequences. 3. Why did the poet choose the second road? A) Because it was well built. B) Because it was beautiful. C) Because it was not used by many people and was appealing to the poet. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because it was not used by many people and was appealing to the poet. 4. The Road Not Taken is a ..... poem A) Descriptive. B) Lyrical. C) Narrative. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Narrative. 5. The meaning of the word Dilemma is. A) A situation where one has to make a difficult choice. B) A problem that cannot be solved. C) Feeling sorry for others. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A situation where one has to make a difficult choice. 6. Our ..... depends on the choices that we make today. A) Future. B) Past. C) Yesterday. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Future. 7. Which options are the correct definitions of 'Anaphora'? A) Two or more sentences begin with same word. B) Consonant sound is repeated in the same line. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Two or more sentences begin with same word. 8. Who wrote the poem 'The Road Not Taken'? A) Edward Thomas. B) Robert Frost. C) Robert Son. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Robert Frost. 9. What will the poet say to his future generations A) How he fell down and got hurt. B) How he got robbed by a thug. C) How he determined his future. D) How he killed a tiger. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) How he determined his future. 10. Which theme does the speaker develops throughout the poem? A) People need to have problems in life. B) People should not make choices. C) How to quickly make important decisions. D) People need to make choices in life. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) People need to make choices in life. 11. What shows that the road has not been used by many people? A) The green and untrammeled grass on it. B) The mud on it. C) The broken stones on it. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The green and untrammeled grass on it. 12. In 'The Road Not Taken, ' what does the speaker regret? A) Not being able to travel both roads. B) Choosing the wrong road. C) Traveling alone. D) Not having a map. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Not being able to travel both roads. 13. Which intersection point the poet stood? A) A. crossroads. B) Two roads. C) Three roads. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Two roads. 14. Interpret what "roads" symbolize in the poem. A) Having a long or short life. B) Successes and failures. C) Choices we make in life. D) Events and people. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Choices we make in life. 15. At the beginning of the poem, what is the conflict the speaker goes through? A) Which road to take. B) Where to eat breakfast. C) Whether to go forward or turn back. D) Whether to keep walking or stop to take rest. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Which road to take. 16. In what year was "The Road Not Taken" written? A) 1905. B) 1910. C) 1915. D) 1920. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1915. 17. The word "diverged" means went in different directions." What is a line in the poem that provides a clue to the meaning of "diverged" ? A) To where it bent in the undergrowth;. B) Because it was grassy and wanted wear;. C) Had worn them really about the same. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To where it bent in the undergrowth;. 18. What does the speaker say he will tell "with a sigh" ? A) That he got lost. B) That he regrets his choice. C) That his choice made a difference in his life. D) That he followed others. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) That his choice made a difference in his life. 19. The traveler in the poem symbolizes ..... A) A youth who is going to decide his career. B) A person who is going to become a politician. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A youth who is going to decide his career. 20. The diverging road metaphorically represents A) Conflicts in life. B) Life itself. C) Death. D) Choices we make in life. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Choices we make in life. 21. Why was the poet able to travel one road only? A) Because he had to walk alone. B) Because he had no vehicle. C) Because he was one person. D) All. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because he was one person. 22. Which literary device is predominantly used in 'The Road Not Taken'? A) Metafar. B) Simile. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metafar. 23. Which line shows that no one walked on both roads that morning? A) "Oh, I kept the first for another day" . B) "I doubted if I should ever come back" . C) "In leaves no step had trodden black" . D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "In leaves no step had trodden black" . 24. What do the following lines from "The Road Not Taken" mean?And sorry I could not travel bothAnd be one traveler ..... A) The speaker thinks both paths are equally good. B) The speaker is only one person and knows that one cannot travel two roads at the same time. C) The speaker would rather travel with someone, so they could each explore a path. D) The speaker regrets not taking the other road at the start. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The speaker is only one person and knows that one cannot travel two roads at the same time. 25. The author of this poem is ..... A) Walt Whitman. B) Ponyboy Curtis. C) Robert Frost. D) Anne Frank. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Robert Frost. 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