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Realism, Whitman, and Dickinson Review

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What event sparked Realism as a literary movement?

a)

Civil War

b)

War of 1812

c)

World War One

d)

The French Revolution

2.

Which of the following describes a difference between Romanticism and Realism?

a)

Romantics loved nature while Realists thought nature should be destroyed

b)

Romantics wrote poems while Realists wrote essays

c)

Romantics wrote unique stories while Realists wrote stories about ordinary life

d)

Romantics hated the government while Realists loved the government

3.

Which of the following describes a difference between Romantics and Realists?

a)

Romantics had themes and Realists had schemes

b)

Romantics imagined life as it could be while Realists saw life as it was

c)

Romantics were stoic and Realists were emotional

d)

Romantics were poets and Realists wrote novels

4.

Which of the following describes a difference between Romantics and Realists?

a)

Romantics used nature in their writing while Realists used technology in their writing

b)

Romantics appreciated nature while the Realists saw nature as hostile

c)

Romantics hated nature while Realists loved nature

d)

Romantics thought nature revealed truth while Realists thought nature revealed lies

5.

Which of the following describes a difference between Romantics and Realists?

a)

Romantics were obsessed with themes while Realists were obsessed with death

b)

Romantics were skeptical about the future while the Realists were emotional about the future

c)

Romantics focused on individuals while Realists focused on society

d)

Romantics wrote about people in power while Realists wrote about average people

6.

Which of the following issues did Walt Whitman care about?

a)

Stopping the spread of slavery

b)

The formation of national parks

c)

Western expansion

d)

World War One

7.

Which of the following issues did Walt Whitman care about?

a)

Education rights

b)

Freedom of speech

c)

Religious freedom

d)

Women's rights

8.

Which of the following issues did Walt Whitman care about?

a)

Public housing

b)

Open immigration

c)

Public health

d)

Supporting veterans

9.

One of Whitman's favorite topics was...

a)

Leaves

b)

America

c)

The Revolutionary War

d)

Insects

10.

What is the name of Whitman's most famous work?

a)

Leaves for Grass

b)

Leaves the Grass

c)

Leaves and Grass

d)

Leaves of Grass

11.

What was Emily Dickinson's signature punctuation?

a)

semicolon

b)

quotation mark

c)

em dash

d)

question mark

12.

Which of the following includes Dickinson's favorite poem topics?

a)

Death

Immortality

Love

b)

Good and evil

Prayers

Church

c)

America

Optimism

Joy

d)

Love

Hatred

Faith

13.

How was Emily Dickinson a "rebel" in her day?

a)

She left home early and never returned

b)

She fought in a combat position in the Civil War

c)

She didn't conform to gender expectations by not getting married

d)

She wrote essays arguing against slavery and its spread into new states

14.

Which of the following is NOT true of Dickinson?

a)

She used many paradoxes in her poems

b)

She wrote many essays about religion

c)

She didn't publish many of her poems in her lifetime

d)

She was a homebody who wrote letters rather than interact with people

15.

Why wasn't Dickinson famous in her own lifetime?

a)

Walt Whitman overshadowed Dickinson's works at the time

b)

Most of her poems were published after her death

c)

She published all her poems in magazines that no one read

d)

All her poems were too confusing for people at the time