View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sort of song does Whitman say he will sing in the sixth inscription of the book's opening?
(a) Companionship.
(b) Patriotism.
(c) Leaves.
(d) Truth.

2. Who does Whitman consider to be dear and dreadful to the earth, as he writes in one of his poems?
(a) Women.
(b) Beginners.
(c) Sages.
(d) Truth tellers.

3. Who is singing the varied carols which Whitman can hear as mentioned in a poem which reveals the answer?
(a) Canada.
(b) America.
(c) Criminals.
(d) Men.

4. What is forever and ever, longer than soil is brown and solid, longer than water ebbs and flows?
(a) Soul.
(b) Faith.
(c) Religion.
(d) Family.

5. Who does Whitman not want to shut their proud doors to him, as stated in a poem of that same idea?
(a) Schools.
(b) Libraries.
(c) Churches.
(d) Armies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are houses and rooms full of? What are shelves crowded with according to Whitman?

2. How does Whitman spell Canada when he uses the name in the poem, "On Journeys through the States"?

3. How old is Whitman at the time of his writing his poems, noting this in his poems and that he is in good health?

4. Which sort of bird caused Whitman to stop and open listen to it opening its throat and joyfully singing?

5. What is flying aloft as the ship begins to go out into the sea in "The Ship Starting"?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 228 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample