Whitman & Dickinson
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English
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12th Grade
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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
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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
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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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