Preface to "Leaves of Grass" and "Song of Myself" Review

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English
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9th - 12th Grade
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Nicole Mundy
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Who is the author of "Leaves of Grass" and "Song of Myself"?
Henry David Thoreau
Walt Whitman
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.9
CCSS.RI.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.11-12.9
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.K.6
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Which literary period did Whitman write in?
The Renaissance
The Iron Age
Transcendentalism
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.11
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
In "Leaves of Grass", what does Whitman mean when he says The United States is a "well-shaped heir"?
A new and better nation
A nation where the past still haunts the present
A nation that is going through tremendous change
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.11
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Whitman says that The United States does not repel the past, but accepts it.
True
False
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.11
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Who is the main character in "Leaves of Grass"?
America
There is no main character
Walt Whitman
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.9
CCSS.RI.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.11-12.9
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.K.6
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
The United States is not considered the greatest poem according to Whitman.
True
False
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.11
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
According to Whitman, what makes The United States special?
Equality for all
Different cultures/heritages
Both A and B
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.11
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
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