Question 14 • * SY2026-27 - 1001340 English 2 Sem 1 CR
Read the excerpt from Robert Frost's poem "Mending Wall."He only says, "Good fences make good neighbours."Spring is the mischief in me, and I wonderIf I could put a notion in his head:"Why do they make good neighbours? Isn’t itWhere there are cows? But here there are no cows.Before I built a wall I’d ask to knowWhat I was walling in or walling out,And to whom I was like to give offence.Something there is that doesn’t love a wall,That wants it down." I could say "Elves" to him,But it’s not elves exactly, and I’d ratherHe said it for himself. I see him thereBringing a stone grasped firmly by the topIn each hand, like an old-stone savage armed.He moves in darkness as it seems to me,Not of woods only and the shade of trees.He will not go behind his father’s saying,And he like having thought of it so wellHe says again, "Good fences make good neighbours."
Answer
A
that the man is determined to protect himself
B
that the man knows how to build a wall
C
that the man can pick up big rocks
D
that the man is going to attack the speaker
Explanation
The speaker suggests that the neighbor follows his father’s saying, “Good fences make good neighbours,” without questioning it. His firm insistence on keeping the wall reflects a desire to preserve separation and protect his own boundaries. The image of him carrying stones does not show that he plans to attack the speaker; it describes his work repairing the wall.
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