GED Practice Question: Reading Poetry
¡Hola! How’s the GED studying? You know, I kind of always thought poetry was pointless, but now I’m looking at it for the GED test, and I like some of it. This poem we went over, kind of reminds me of my mom, how she’s always there for me, always solid, you know. I guess I want to be like that for my Roberto. I thought I’d think up a GED practice question for it.
The Silken Tent
by Robert FrostShe is as in a field a silken tent
At midday when the sunny summer breeze
Has dried the dew and all its ropes relent,
So that in guys it gently sways at ease,
And its supporting central cedar pole,
That is its pinnacle to heavenward
And signifies the sureness of the soul,
Seems to owe naught to any single cord,
But strictly held by none, is loosely bound
By countless silken ties of love and thought
To everything on earth the compass round,
And only by one’s going slightly taut
In the capriciousness of summer air
Is of the slightest bondage made aware.
GED Practice Question:
In the last line of the poem, the word “bondage” refers to:
1) being captured and held
2) having ties to the world
3) being held on bond
4) being a slave
5) being a servant
On the GED test, there will be questions not just about what a word means, but how it’s used, so be sure to look at how the word has meaning in the poem. What do you think?
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