Whitman & Dickinson

Whitman & Dickinson

12th Grade

23 Qs

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Whitman & Dickinson

Whitman & Dickinson

Assessment

Quiz

English

12th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

CCSS
RL.9-10.10, RL.2.6, RI.11-12.10

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23 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which poet is known for the quote, "Tell the truth, but tell it slant."?

Walt Whitman

Emily Dickinson

Robert Frost

Sylvia Plath

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who expressed the idea of sounding a "barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world"?

Emily Dickinson

Walt Whitman

T.S. Eliot

Langston Hughes

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.11

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson are considered founders of what type of poetic voice?

Modernist

Victorian

Uniquely American

Classical

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.11

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What year was Walt Whitman born?

1820

1819

1830

1805

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.11

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which book of poetry did Walt Whitman publish in 1855?

Songs of Innocence

Leaves of Grass

The Waste Land

Howl

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.11

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What significant life event occurred to Walt Whitman in the 1870s?

He won a literary award.

He moved to Europe.

He suffered a stroke.

He started a new career in journalism.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.11

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did Walt Whitman aim to showcase through his poetry?

A) The economic growth of America

B) The new America he observed

C) The technological advancements in America

D) The decline of European influence

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.11

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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