Song of Myself Review Questions

What does Whitman shout about the roofs?

• A lamentation

• A barbaric yawn

• A barbaric yawp

• A proclamation of love

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CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

What might grass symbolize in "Song of Myself"?

• All of eternity

• Life, hope, and the cyclical nature of things

• Art and all things crafted/created

• Memories, beautiful and sad

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CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Whitman's attitude toward people tends to be...

• he appreciates other people

• he thinks people are idiots

• he likes to be in control of people around him

• he does not have any connection with them

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CCSS.RL.11-12.11

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.K.5

In "Song of Myself" it says he holds "Creeds and schools in abeyance." This means...

• Whitman values religious education

• Formal education is worthless

• He has temporarily abandoned traditional teachings

• Everybody of different creeds should attend school

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CCSS.RL. 6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

What is the most accurate conclusion that readers can draw from these lines in the selection from "Song of Myself"?

I celebrate myself, and sing myself,

And what I assume you shall assume,

For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.

• Whitman believes that he is an epic hero.

• Whitman views humanity as an epic hero.

• Whitman has a great appreciation for science.

• Whitman thinks that he writes superior poetry.

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.K.5

What is the best interpretation of this excerpt from “Song of Myself"?

These are really the thoughts of all men in all ages and lands, they are not original with me, /

If they are not yours as much as mine they are nothing, or next to nothing….

• Whitman admits that he has borrowed poetic ideas from writers of the past.

• Whitman thinks that his poetry is valuable only if his readers agree with him.

• Whitman believes that his observations are, in some sense, universally shared.

• Whitman predicts that people who read his poetry in the future will appreciate it.

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CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

Define 'free verse'

• Poetry with no regular patterns of rhyme or meter

• Poetry with regular patterns of rhyme or meter

• Poetry written with a precise meter that does not rhyme.

• Poetry with three-line stanzas with a 5/7/5 syllable count

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CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.11

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

You would most likely find Whitman

• In an office building

• On a river boat cruise

• Outside in nature

• Shopping at the mall

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.K.9

Whitman spent his early years working as a printer and as a _____________.

• teacher

• journalist

• mechanic

• shoemaker

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CCSS.RL. 6.5

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.5

In Whitman's definition ________ does not repel the past or what it has produced. It accepts the lessons of the past with calmness.

• A citizen

• The Universe

• Europe

• America

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CCSS.RL. 6.5

CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.5