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Walt Whitman and "I Hear America Singing"

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name

Class

Date

The Americans the speaker refers to in the poem "I Hear America Singing" are-

ordinary working people

wounded soldiers

great figures in the US history

doctors and nurses

Which of the following statements is true about the songs America is singing?

The songs are out of tune

Each person has a different song

People are singing songs no one can hear

People are singing out of sorrow

You can infer that Whitman chose to write about these Americans because-

these were the people he had only read about

he wanted them to have better working conditions

he wanted to make up for his life of privilege

he thought they were the true American heros

Which repeated word serves to unify this poem?

carols

worker

strong

singing

When used to refer to a poetic technique, the word catalog refers to -

two related lines of poetry that rhyme

a list of related people, places or events

a comparison between two unlike things

a reference to another work of literature

In "I Hear America Singing" Whitman uses a catalog to -

organize details

clarify ideas

show relationships

create rhyme

Whitman favored the catalog as a technique because it expressed his-

English-Dutch heritage

knowledge of poetic devices

tendency to repeat himself

unbounded love for all things

Which famous Transcendentalist called Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass "the most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom that America has yet contributed"?

Henry David Thoreau

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Edgar Allan Poe

John Greenleaf Whittier

Which of the following was NOT a job Whitman held?

Mechanic

Newspaper Editor

Teacher

Carpenter

10.

In which year was Walt Whitman born?

1819

1918

1981

1891

11.

On what day did Walt Whitman print Leaves of Grass?

July 4^th

May 5^th

October 31^st

December 25^th

12.

Approximately how many poems did the final edition of Leaves of Grass have?

almost 40

almost 100

almost 250

almost 400

13.

What was Walt Whitman's native land?

Germany

France

England

The United States of America

14.

In which year did Walt Whitman die?

1819

1892

1982

1842

15.

One of the bridges leading into Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is named after Walt Whitman.

True

False

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Walt Whitman and "I Hear America Singing"

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 30mins

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