5 WALT WHITMAN

Which event deeply influenced Whitman's poems in the later editions of Leaves of Grass?. The assassination of President Lincoln. The Texas independence. The American Civil War. The California Gold Rush of 1850. The Mexican War. The Manifest Destiny. The American revolution. The Wilmot Proviso.

When was "O Captain! My Captain!” published?. 1845. 1880. 1865. 1856. 1868. 1874. 1879.

What job did Whitman have at the age of twelve?. Factory worker. Carpenter. Nurse. Printer’s assistant. Schoolteacher assistant. Journalist. Stagecoach driver. Newspaper editor.

Which book in Leaves of Grass includes a clear identification of Whitman as an American poet?. Song of Myself. Other.

Which poem in Leaves of Grass did Whitman describe as his most suecessful during his lifetime?. O Captain! My Captain!. The Soul’s Journey. The Poet’s Calling. A Child’s Reminiscence. Crossing Brooklyn Ferry. Song of Myself. When Lilacs Las in the Dooryard Bloom’d. Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking.

Which section of Whitman's “Song of Myself” is devoted to discuss faith and religion?. 43. 52. None. 87.

How is generally known the last edition of Whitman's Leaves of Grass?. Deathbed edition. Other.

Leaves of Grass was censored when Whitman published the sixth edition of his book. True. False.

Which is the distinctive feature of the first edition of “Song of Myself"?. It had no title. It was the last poem in the edition. It was not divided into sections. It had no sections and was entitled “I Celebrate Myself”. It had only 50 sections. It included some stanzas with rhyme and rhythm. It included words created by himself. It was entitled “I Celebrate Myself”.

Walt Whitman's personal copy of the 1860 edition of Leaves of Grass is also known as the “Blue Book.”. True. False.

Which one among the following statements on Walt Whitman is not true?. He studied archaeology. He never married. He never travelled out of the US. He worked for President Abraham Lincoln. His first novel was published in 1842. He never left New York. He wrote the first edition of Leaves Of Grass when he was 35. He loved folk music.

Technically speaking Whitman's Deathbed edition of Leaves of Grass (1891-1892) is not a distinct edition but a reprinting of the 1881-82 edition. True. False.

The only difference between the first and the last editions of "Song of Myself" is the title. True. False.

Whitman's “O Captain! My Captain!" was written in 1865 but not for President Lincoln. True. False.

Whitman was all the following except. Journalist. Real estate agent. Country schoolteacher. Newspaper editor. Government clerk. Printer. Carpenter. Soldier.

Which of the following describes Whitman"'s attitude toward human suffering in “Song of Myself”. He encourages people to avoid pain at all cost. He emphasizes material wealth as a solution to suffering. He asserts that suffering is temporary and natural. He denies the existence of suffering. He calls for a revolution to end suffering. He advocated for repression and emotions. He believes suffering is meaningless. He condemns suffering as a sign of weakness.

Which one among the following statements on "Song of Myself" is not true?. It was not divided into sections until the 1867 edition. It was not divided into sections in the 1855 edition. In the 1856 edition it was entitled "Poem of Walt Whitman, an American". It included 1346 lines in the last definite edition. It was initially intended as a different book than Leaves of Grass. It was not entitled “Song of Myself” until the 1881-1882 edition. Whitman thought it could change the mind of Americans. Itwas entitled "l Celebrate Myself" in the 1855 edition.

Section 6 of "Song of Myself" is the only one in which Whitman discusses the symbol of the grass. True. False.

If any, which one among the following figures of speech was profusely used by Whitman?. Epistrophe. Anaphora. Oxymoron. Symploce. Anacoluthon. Antanaclasis. Anadiplosis. Anastrophe.

Whitman devotes a whole section of "Song of Myself" to discuss a story of a masacre of Texan soldiers at the Mexican War. True. False.

What influenced Whitman's creative impulses?. His exposure to Shakespeare's poetry. His mother's non-bookish sense of practical learning. His strict upbringing as a Quaker. His love for classical literature. His experiences as a soldier. His father's strict education. His admiration for European poets. His trips in the US.

Which one of the following editions of Whitman's Leaves of Grass contains the Book Democratic Vistas for the first time?. 1881-1882. 1855. 1867. 1856. 1860. 1891-1892. 1871-1872. 1850.

Who did Whitman first send Leaves of Grass to?. Ralph Waldo Emerson. Nathaniel Hawthorne. Emily Dickinson. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Herman Melville. Henry David Thoreau. Edgar Allan Poe. No one.

According to some critics, Walt Whitman's literary production is to be exclusively included within American Romanticism. True. False.

Whitman was a fierce abolitionist who sided with President Abraham Lincoln to support that slavery should be prohibited in the territories conquered from Mexico as it was promoted in. Wilmot Proviso. other.

In an essay entitled "A Backward Glance O'er Travel'd Roads, Whitman expresses his deception at what he accomplished. True. False.

How many copies of Whitman"'s first edition of Leaves of Grass were sold in a cheaper binding?. 795. 200. 1289. 1125. 8000. 987. 700.

In the second edition of Leaves of Grass, Whitman did all of the following except…. Reworking punctuation. Writing new poetry in classical meter. Dropping lines or reworking them. Adding 124 new poems. Changing the titles of poems. Writing a preface for the book. shuffling the order of poems.

Whitman's work during the 1840s and 1850s was most influenced by?. The growth of industrialism in the Northern States. His involvement with the Democratic Party. The scientific advancements of the era. His travels in the US. Political unrest. The onset of Civil War. His relations with Native Americans. The rise of Romanticism in American literature.

Whitman only published poetry throughout his lifetime. True. False.

Which is the most remarkable Whitman's contribution to American Modernist poetry?. The use of free verse. The creation of individual books within a single collection of poems. The use of rhetorical language. His use of a personal language. The focus on Nature as a theme. The reliance on classical forms. His use of himself as a speaker. His use of simplistic style.

What happened to the manuscript of the first edition of Leaves of Grass?. It was kept in a safe deposit box in a bank. It was lost. It was destroyed by Whitman. It was robbed. It was burnt in a fire at the print. It was kept by the Rome Brothers’ print. It was safelly kept by Whitman himself. It was sent by Whitman to a dear friend.

When did Whitman registered the title Leaves of Grass?. 1875. 1850. 1892. 1855. 1860. 1856. 1845. 1854.

In section 24 of “Song of Myself,” Whitman calls himself…. a poet of the world. a revolutionary. A worker. a loafer. a kosmos. a poet of the people. A child of the grass. a carpenter.

Which ones are regarded as the “earlier editions” of Whitman's Leaves of Grass?. 1855, 1856 and 1860. others.