Mending Wall, Exam Based Questoins

Robert Frost's’s

Mending Wall

1. In Robert Frost’s poem Mending Wall, what activity brings the speaker and his neighbor together? (UPSC, TNPSC, NET, CUET, PGTRB, SET)

a) Harvesting crops

b) Repairing the wall between their properties

c) Planting trees

d) Collecting firewood

Answer: b) Repairing the wall between their properties

2. What is the famous line repeated by the neighbor in Mending Wall? (NET, PGTRB, TNPSC, CUET)

a) “Good fences make good neighbors”

b) “The woods are lovely, dark and deep”

c) “Something there is that doesn’t love a wall”

d) “Home is the place where, when you have to go there”

Answer: a) “Good fences make good neighbors”

3. Which natural forces are said to damage the wall in Mending Wall? (UPSC, TNPSC, NET, PGTRB, CUET)

a) Rain and snow

b) Hunters and frost

c) Animals and wind

d) Earthquakes and floods

Answer: b) Hunters and frost

4. In Mending Wall, what is the tone of the speaker towards the wall? (PGTRB, NET, CUET, SET)

a) He completely supports the wall

b) He questions the need for the wall

c) He fears the wall

d) He ignores the wall

Answer: b) He questions the need for the wall

5. What does the wall symbolize in Robert Frost’s Mending Wall? (UPSC, NET, TNPSC, CUET, PGTRB)

a) A barrier between nations

b) The passage of time

c) Human boundaries and traditions

d) The beauty of nature

Answer: c) Human boundaries and traditions

6. Who is more traditional in Mending Wall? (NET, PGTRB, TNPSC, CUET)

a) The speaker

b) The neighbor

c) Both equally

d) Neither

Answer: b) The neighbor

7. What season is described during the repairing of the wall in Mending Wall? (UPSC, NET, CUET, PGTRB)

a) Summer

b) Autumn

c) Spring

d) Winter

Answer: c) Spring