Quiz
1. "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd" is about which U.S. president?
2. What is the more common English name for Paumanok, Whitman's childhood home?
3. In section 51 of Song of Myself, which line follows "Do I contradict myself?"
4. What is the "strong and delicious word" the sea whispers to the narrator in "Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking?"
5. What best describes the poetry Whitman wrote?
6. The narrator of "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer"...
7. In section 52 of Song of Myself, what does the poet sound over the roofs of the world?
8. At the start of "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry," the poet finds the "Crowds of men and women attired in the usual costumes" to be:
9. After publishing Leaves of Grass, Whitman...
10. Which of the following is not named in "I Hear America Singing"?
1. "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd" is about which U.S. president?
Abraham Lincoln
2. What is the more common English name for Paumanok, Whitman's childhood home?
Long Island
3. In section 51 of Song of Myself, which line follows "Do I contradict myself?"
Very well then I contradict myself.
4. What is the "strong and delicious word" the sea whispers to the narrator in "Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking?"
Death
5. What best describes the poetry Whitman wrote?
Free verse
6. The narrator of "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer"...
..becomes tired of the lecture, and prefers to appreciate the stars in silence.
7. In section 52 of Song of Myself, what does the poet sound over the roofs of the world?
A barbaric yawp
8. At the start of "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry," the poet finds the "Crowds of men and women attired in the usual costumes" to be:
Curious
9. After publishing Leaves of Grass, Whitman...
...added more poems to it and published it again, expanding his one book for the rest of his life.
10. Which of the following is not named in "I Hear America Singing"?
The governor