View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What will return as the ocean of life begins to ebb away from the shore, according to Whitman?
(a) Green.
(b) Sand.
(c) Light
(d) Flow.

2. Who does Whitman beckon to toil on, to harvest the products even though they are not alone in the fields?
(a) Heroes.
(b) Presidents.
(c) Children.
(d) Women.

3. For how many years in Manhattan has Whitman watched the parades of soldiers through the city?
(a) Forty.
(b) Ten.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Thirty.

4. To whom is Whitman referring when he talks about the estuary which enlarges and spread itself grandly in the great sea?
(a) His words.
(b) His father.
(c) Old age.
(d) Time.

5. At what time of the day is the soul allowed to be most free, according to Whitman in his own findings?
(a) Noon.
(b) Dusk.
(c) Midnight.
(d) Dawn.

Short Answer Questions

1. The metaphor of __________ is used in relation to the plowman, tilling to life, while the harvester harvests in the end.

2. As people walk down the street, their ________ convey more than their words ever could, according to Whitman.

3. What does Whitman say was the year of struggle, the year when no dainty rhymes or sentimental loves verses were written?

4. Whitman says that not a disembodied _________ can the weapons of tyrants let loose, but it stalks invisibly.

5. Whitman is clear that he is giving his spirit to ___________, though he does not mention him by name.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the procession of the people into the theater, one of many on Broadway, used as a metaphor for in "A Broadway Pageant"?

2. Why does Whitman pay homage to the young pioneers who forged ahead to find homes for themselves?

3. Why is an old man in the poem "Prayers of Columbus" too full of woe, according to Whitman's poem?

4. Who are the phantoms to which Whitman refers in his poems about love being lost?

5. To what are the tides of the ocean compared to in life, according to the poems of Whitman?

6. What does Whitman question about the world when he sees the felons being shackled and held in the court?

7. What does the song have to include in itself in order to be considered universal?

8. Whose philosophies does Whitman respect without any exceptions, according to the writing?

9. What is an endless source of inspiration for poetry, according to the poems which the poet has created?

10. To whom does Whitman compare the country of old Ireland, in his poem to this land?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 607 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample