The Poetry of Walt Whitman Comprehension Check (SAVVAS)

In his Preface to Leaves of Grass, how does Whitman define America's attitude toward the past?

• America accepts the past with calmness.

• America repels the past in anger.

• America rejects the past with shame.

• America wants to forget the past forever.

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In Section 1 of "Song of Myself", what does the speaker celebrate and sing?

• The speaker celebrates himself, and sings of himself.

• The speaker celebrates America, and sings of America.

• The speaker celebrates his one true love, and sings of his one true love.

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In Section 52 of "Song of Myself", what does the speaker "bequeath" to the dirt?

• He bequeaths his pet to the dirt.

• He bequeaths the past to the dirt.

• He bequeaths himself to the dirt.

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According to the speaker in "On The Beach At Night Alone", what connects all things?

• An old mother swaying

• A vast similitude

• Civilizations

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In the opening line of "America", how does the speaker describe the nation?

• As equal

• As a center

• As similar

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