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WorksheetsRealism, Whitman, and Dickinson Review
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What event sparked Realism as a literary movement?
Civil War
War of 1812
World War One
The French Revolution
Which of the following describes a difference between Romanticism and Realism?
Romantics loved nature while Realists thought nature should be destroyed
Romantics wrote poems while Realists wrote essays
Romantics wrote unique stories while Realists wrote stories about ordinary life
Romantics hated the government while Realists loved the government
Which of the following describes a difference between Romantics and Realists?
Romantics had themes and Realists had schemes
Romantics imagined life as it could be while Realists saw life as it was
Romantics were stoic and Realists were emotional
Romantics were poets and Realists wrote novels
Which of the following describes a difference between Romantics and Realists?
Romantics used nature in their writing while Realists used technology in their writing
Romantics appreciated nature while the Realists saw nature as hostile
Romantics hated nature while Realists loved nature
Romantics thought nature revealed truth while Realists thought nature revealed lies
Which of the following describes a difference between Romantics and Realists?
Romantics were obsessed with themes while Realists were obsessed with death
Romantics were skeptical about the future while the Realists were emotional about the future
Romantics focused on individuals while Realists focused on society
Romantics wrote about people in power while Realists wrote about average people
Which of the following issues did Walt Whitman care about?
Stopping the spread of slavery
The formation of national parks
Western expansion
World War One
Which of the following issues did Walt Whitman care about?
Education rights
Freedom of speech
Religious freedom
Women's rights
Which of the following issues did Walt Whitman care about?
Public housing
Open immigration
Public health
Supporting veterans
One of Whitman's favorite topics was...
Leaves
America
The Revolutionary War
Insects
What is the name of Whitman's most famous work?
Leaves for Grass
Leaves the Grass
Leaves and Grass
Leaves of Grass
What was Emily Dickinson's signature punctuation?
semicolon
quotation mark
em dash
question mark
Which of the following includes Dickinson's favorite poem topics?
Death
Immortality
Love
Good and evil
Prayers
Church
America
Optimism
Joy
Love
Hatred
Faith
How was Emily Dickinson a "rebel" in her day?
She left home early and never returned
She fought in a combat position in the Civil War
She didn't conform to gender expectations by not getting married
She wrote essays arguing against slavery and its spread into new states
Which of the following is NOT true of Dickinson?
She used many paradoxes in her poems
She wrote many essays about religion
She didn't publish many of her poems in her lifetime
She was a homebody who wrote letters rather than interact with people
Why wasn't Dickinson famous in her own lifetime?
Walt Whitman overshadowed Dickinson's works at the time
Most of her poems were published after her death
She published all her poems in magazines that no one read
All her poems were too confusing for people at the time
