Q5-Whati

sthemessageoft
hispoem?
VELAMMALVI DYALAYA,
ALAPAKKAM
CHENNAI A)bewisewhilechoosingandtaki
ngdeci
si
ons
ENGLISHNOTES B)tworoadsareconfusing
Class :IX C)roadisnot
hingbutapat hway
Subject:Engl
ish D)all
Topic: TheRoadNotTaken
By-RobertFrost Q6-Whyist
hepoetaski
ngt
obewi
sewhi
l
e
choosi
ngapat
hway?

I
ntr
oduct
ion A)becauset
hereisnoGoingBackopt
ion
B)Becausei
tistheonlyoneroad
Inthepoem -‘ TheRoadNotTaken’ ,ther oad C)becausei
tisonesidedroad
symbol i
zesourl i
fe.Thepoetsay st hatt hepat h D)None
thatwedon’ tchoosei nourl ifeist her oadnot
taken.Hedescr i
beshisf eeli
ngsaboutt hat Q7-Whatdoesdi
ver
gemean?
choicethathehadl eftinthepast .Thepat h
whichwehav echosen, decidesourf uture, our A)tobeseparat
edandt
aki
ngadi
ff
erentt
urn
destinat
ion.Thei mpor tantmessaget hatt he B)tobetorn
poetwant st ogiveisthatt hechoi cet hatwe C)tobreak
makehasani mpactonourf utur
eandi fwe D)all
makeawr ongchoi ce,wer egretitbutcannotgo
backoni t.So, wemustbewi sewhi l
emaki ng Q8-Whywast
hepoetabl
etot
rav
eloner
oad
choices. onl
y?

MCQs A)becausehehadtowalkalone
B)becausehehadnovehicle
Q1-Whoi
sthepoetoft
hispoem? C)becausehewasoneper son
D)al
l
A)James
B)Wil
li
am James Q9-WhatdoesYel
l
owwoodsmean?
C)Wil
li
am Wordswor
th
D)RobertFr
ost A)fal
lingl
eaves
B)forestwi
thyel
lowl
eavesi
ntheaut
umn
Q2-Whatdoest
hepoem speakabout
? season
C)woody el
lowincol
or
A)aboutt
hepli
ghtofroads D)none
B)aboutt
hepeople
C)aboutt
woroads Q10-Whatdoy
ell
owwoodsr
epr
esent
?
D)aboutt
hechoicesmadebypeopl
e
A)peopl
e
Q3-Whatdot
her
oadsi
gni
fyi
nthepoem? B)ol
derpeopl
e
C)poets
A)thepathorchoi
cethatwasl
eftorwasnot D)choi
ce
chosentotr
ead
B)Thepathway Q11-Whywast
hepoetl
ooki
ngatt
hepat
h?
C)pathwayontheroadsi
de
D)aroadwithtwoturns A)todeci
dewhetheri
twassui
tabl
eforhi
m
B)toseehowlongitwas
Q4-Whicht
hingdecidesaper
son'
sfut
ure C)tocheckt
heroad
accor
dingt
othispoem? D)none

A)t
hepathonechoosest
owalk Q12-WhatdoesPoet
'
slongst
areatt
hepat
h
B)t
hepathoneleav
esbehi
nd si
gnif
y?
C)t
heregr
ets
D)t
hesuccess A)theti
met akenbypeopl
etodeci
deand
makingachoice
B)poetlov
esnat ur
e
C)i
dlingawayoft i
me
D)rel
axati
onhour s
Q13-Whatdoesgr
assymeani
nthepoem? Q20-Whati
sthedi
l
emmaoft
hepoet
?

A)t
heroadwhi chisnotusedbyany
one A)whetherhewil
lbeabletocomebackt
othe
B)t
hecomf ort
ableroad secondroadornot
C)t
eroadwi t
halltheluxur
ies B)whetherhewil
lgett
imef orhi
msel
f
D)wel
l-
bui
ltroad C)whetherhewil
lbesuccessful
D)whetherhewil
lbeabletowalk
Q14-Wher
edoest
hepoetf
indhi
msel
f?
ANSWERKEY
A)ont
heroad
B)onabus 1D11A
C)onamuddyroad 2D12A
D)onafor
k 3A13A
4A14D
Q15-Whatshowsthatther
oadhasnotbeen 5A15A
usedbymanypeople? 6A16C
7A17C
A)t
hegr
eenandunt
rampel
ledgr
assoni
t 8C18A
B)t
hemudonit 9B 19A
C)t
hebr
okenst
onesonit 10B20A
D)Al
l

Q16-Whatdoest
hechoi
ceofr
oadsi
gni
fy? Summar
y

A)toomanyt hi
ngs Thepoetsay sthatonce, hewaswal ki
ngdown
B)twopaths theroadandr eachedaf ork.Hecoul dwal kover
C)toughnessofachoi
ceanddeci
sioni
nli
fe oneofthepat hsonl y.Het ookti
met ochoose
D)none theri
ghtpat h.Hei nspect edthem t odecide
whichwasabet t
eropt i
onandt henchoset he
Q17-Whydi
dthepoetchooset
hesecondr
oad? onewhi chseemedl esswal kedov er.Hekeptthe
otheronef orsomeot herdayal thoughheknew
A)becausei
twaswellbuil
t thathewoul dnev ergett hechancet owal kover
B)becausei
twasbeauti
ful i
t.Hewoul dgof urtheront hechosenpat hand
C)becausei
twasnotusedbymanypeopl
eand notgetachancet ogobackoni t
.Ashewal ked
wasappeali
ngt
othepoet onthechosenpat h, her eal i
zedthatbotht he
D)al
l pathswer esimi l
ar.Hef eltthathisfuture
dependedont hechoi cet hathemade
Q18-Whatdoesthepoet'
sdeci
sionoft
aki
ng
l
esstr
avel
ledroadsi
gnif
y?
Quest
ionsandAnswer
s
A)poet'
sri
sktakinghabi
t
B)arr
oganceofthepoet 1.Wheredoesthetrav
ell
erf
indhi
msel
f?What
C)poet'
scuri
osit
y probl
em doesheface?
D)poet'
snegl
igence
A.Thetravell
erfi
ndshimsel
fstandi
ngonafork
Q19-Whatdot
hewor
ds'
LongIst
ood'
meani
n i
nt hepath.Heisinaprobl
em ashemust
t
hepoem? chooseonepat handisunabl
et odeci
dewhi
ch
onetochoose.
A)poet'
sdi
lemma
B)poetwasinr
elaxi
ngmood 2.Di
scusswhatt
hesephr
asesmeant
oyou.
C)poetwasenj
oyingthenat
ure
D)poetwasthi
nking (
i)ay
ell
owwood

A.‘Yell
owwood’ref
erstothefor
estwhichhas
witheri
ngleav
esasintheseasonofautumn.I
t
represent
saworl
df ul
lofagi
ngpeople.
(
ii
)itwasgr
assyandwant
edwear

A.I
tmeansthatthepathhadalotofgrassoni
t.
Thi
smeansthatithadnotbeenwalkedoverby
manypeopl
e.Ithadtobewornoutbythesteps
oft
hepeopl
ewhowal kedoni
t.

(
ii
i)t
hepassi
ngt
her
e

A.Itmeansthatwhenhewal
kedov
ert
hepat
h
thathehadchosen.

(
iv)l
eav
esnost
ephadt
roddenbl
ack

A.I
tmeanst hatnoonehadwalkedoverthe
l
eavesastheyweresti
llgr
een.I
ftheyhadbeen
wal
kedover,theywoul
dhav et
urnedblack.

(
v)howwayl
eadsont
oway

A.I
tmeansthataswewal konapath,wecome
acr
ossmoreopti
onsandmakechoi cesf
urt
her
.
Wekeeponwalkingaheadonthatway.

3.I
sthereanydif
ferencebet
weent
het
wor
oads
asthepoetdescr
ibesthem

(
i)i
nst
anzast
woandt
hree?

A.Thetwopat hswer esimil

ar.I
nthebeginni
ng,
thepoetf
eltthatoneoft hem wasgrassyand
hadnotbeenwal kedov erbymanypeople,but
whenhewal kedonitf orsomedistance,
he
real
i
zedthatitwasliketheotherroad.

(
ii
)int
hel
astt
wol
inesoft
hepoem?

A.Her e,
againthepoettalksofhisi
nit
ial
decisi
onwhenhet houghtthatt
heroadswere
di
fferentandchoset heonethathadbeen
walkedov erbyalessernumberofpeople.