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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhich quote from the poem explains why the speaker left the ladder and bucket by the tree?"And there's a barrel that I didn't fill.""But I was well / Upon my way to sleep before it fell.""I feel the ladder sway as the boughs bend.""I am overtired / Of the great harvest I myself desired."
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhich line from the poem suggests the speaker wants to rest from apple picking?"And there's a barrel I didn't fill.""And I could tell / What form my dreaming was about to take.""I feel the ladder sway as the boughs bend.""I am overtired / of the great harvest"
- 3. Multiple ChoiceBased on line 7, what does the word essence tell the reader?There are things that the speaker wanted to see through the windows.The odor of the picked apples is pleasant to the speaker.There are classic signs of winter all around the speaker.The job of picking apples seems to be never-ending.
- 4. Multiple ChoiceIn line 9, what is meant by the phrase, "I cannot rub the strangeness from my sight."The speaker's sleepy state is bringing back visions from earlier in the day.The speaker's eyes were irritated when he looked out the window.The speaker's eyes were irritated after being outside in the snow.The speaker did not like seeing the apples, buckets, and barrels.
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhat is meant by lines 21 and 22?The speaker's feet are balanced on the rungs of the ladder.In his dream, the speaker still feels the rungs of the ladder.The speaker is holding onto the ladder with both of his hands.On the ladder, the speaker is trying to climb on the shaky rungs.
- 6. Multiple Choice
The speaker makes an allusion to heaven through which object?
great harvest
two-pointed ladder
apple barrel
the woodchuck
- 7. Multiple Choice
In poetry, sleep is often an allusion to
youth
old age
death
rest
- 8. Multiple Choice
the word "hoary" in line 12 means
frosty
hairy
unkept
dusty
- 9. Multiple Choice
On the theme creativity and dissatisfaction, which line embodies the the term "work is never done"
But I am done with apple-picking now.
But I was well Upon my way to sleep before it fell, And I could tell What form my dreaming was about to take.
I am overtired Of the great harvest I myself desired.
The woodchuck could say whether it's like his Long sleep, as I describe its coming on, Or just some human sleep.
- 10. Multiple Choice
When comparing the poem to the cycle of life and death, which season represents death?
Spring
Summer
Fall
Winter
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