Whitman And Dickinson

Question 0

A central comparison in “a noiseless patient spider” is

Answer 0

The spider and the speakers soul

Question 1

In “I can hear America singing” Whitman implies that Americans are all of the following except

Answer 1

Musical geniuses

Question 2

Which of the following is not a prime reason why Whitman chose to write in free verse

Answer 2

To imitate earlier poets he admired

Question 3

Structurally speaking, what makes “song of myself” a typical Whitman poem

Answer 3

It’s use of the natural cadences of human speech

Question 4

Based on the details in “song of myself” and “I hear America singing” what can you infer about whitman’s attitude toward other people

Answer 4

He feels affectionate toward other people

Question 5

Which of the following elements prevents “song of myself” from becoming an exercise in ego and selfishness

Answer 5

The poems linking of the individual self to the universal self

Question 6

In “song of myself” when the speaker says “I, now 37 years old in perfect health begin / hoping to cease not til death,” what do you think he is beginning?

Answer 6

Writing poetry

Question 7

“The singing” the speaker hears in “I hear America singing” is

Answer 7

The individuality of Americans in different walks of life

Question 8

What can you infer from the poets attitude from these lines in “song of myself

These are the thoughts of all men blah blah blah

Answer 8

Whitman believes that his observations are, in some sense, universally shared

Question 9

The phrase “barbaric yawp” in song of myself is an example of whitman’s

Answer 9

Informality

Question 10

The free verse in “song of myself” uses all the following except

Answer 10

Rhyme

Question 11

Which of the following is the main literary device used in a noiseless patient spider

Answer 11

Metaphor

Question 12

What situation in “by the bivouacs fitful flame” prompts thoughts of life, death and people far away

Answer 12

Being in the midst of war

Question 13

Based on the poetry what can you infer about whitman’s attitude toward nature

Answer 13

ITS ALL FUCKING FOUR IM NOT WRITING IT FUB MY GODDAM NEEB

Question 14

Which of the following poems focuses most strongly on a lesson that can be learned from nature

Answer 14

There’s a certain slant of light

Question 15

Which of these statements best expresses the central message of “ my life closed twice before it’s close”

Answer 15

Parting may be the closest we come in life to understanding death

Question 16

“I heard a fly buzz when I died” why is there a stillness in the room

Answer 16

The people in the room are waiting for the speakers final moment

Question 17

“The brain is wider than the sky” compares the physical size of the brain to that of the sky and sea. What point is dickinson trying to make when she uses these images

Answer 17

The brain is infinitely large in understanding

Question 18

“The soul selects her own society” the soul is compared to

Answer 18

A woman who stays in her house no matter who comes to visit her

Question 19

In “because I could not stop for death” death is personified as

Answer 19

A polite gentlemen

Question 20

Which of the following is the central image in “ because I could not stop for death

Answer 20

A carriage ride

Question 21

In “my life closed twice before it’s close” the three closing so mentioned in the title refer to

Answer 21

Two loved ones parting and the whiny bitch’s death

Question 22

To which senses do the images in the stanza appeal

Answer 22

Sight sound touch

Question 23

In “a noiseless patient spider” Whitman compares the spider to his own soul

Answer 23

True

Question 24

Whitman embraced the ideal of Puritan ethic

Answer 24

False

Question 25

Whitman pays tribute to various common workers of America in the poem”I hear South America singing”

Answer 25

False

Question 26

Whitman brings unity to his poems by the repetition of a rhyme scheme

Answer 26

False

Question 27

Whitman experimented with sonnet form

Answer 27

False

Question 28

The poem appearing in “leaves of grass” that consisted of 52 stanzas of celebrating the poet was “song of myself”

Answer 28

True

Question 29

In the line “ the versed carols I hear” from “I hear America singing” one can see the use of anastrophe

Answer 29

True

Question 30

Whitman’s book of poetry “leaves of grass” was a financial failure and was considered crude and gross

Answer 30

True

Question 31

Dickinson did not want any recognition

Answer 31

True

Question 32

In her mid twenties dickinson entered Harvard

Answer 32

True

Question 33

Dickinson used slant rhyme but no formal rhythmic meter of any kind ever in her work

Answer 33

False

Question 34

A characteristic of Dickinson’s poems that immediately strikes the reader is her frequent use of rhyming couplets

Answer 34

False

Question 35

Emily dickinson was born raised and lived her whole life in Massachusetts

Answer 35

True

Question 36

In her poems dickinson frequently examines the relationship between the events of everyday life and things of the spirit

Answer 36

True

Question 37

The poems by Emily dickinson suggest that she was much too preoccupied with friendships

Answer 37

False

Question 38

Dickinson always dressed in white

Answer 38

True

Question 39

Emily wrote over 100 poems

Answer 39

False