MCQs - "Crossing the Brooklyn Ferry"- Walt Whitman

MCQs - Crossing the Brooklyn Ferry

1. Who is the author of the poem "Crossing the Brooklyn Ferry"?
A. Edgar Allan Poe
B. Walt Whitman
C. Emily Dickinson
D. Robert Frost

2. What poetic structure does Whitman use in “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry”?
A. Rhymed couplets
B. Blank verse
C. Free verse
D. Sonnets

3. In what year was "Crossing the Brooklyn Ferry" first published?
A. 1856
B. 1860
C. 1881
D. 1892

4. What was the original title of “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” when it first appeared in the 1856?
A. Brooklyn Bridge Song
B. Sun-Down Poem
C. East River Crossing
D. Twilight Voyage

5. In “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry,” Whitman expresses a desire to:
A. Be forgotten after death
B. Communicate with people in the future
C. Leave New York
D. Change the political system

6. What is the setting of the poem?
A. A battlefield
B. A church
C. A ferry ride between Brooklyn and Manhattan
D. A walk through a forest

7. In the poem "Crossing the Brooklyn Ferry," what is the speaker's perspective on time?
A. Time is an illusion and does not truly exist.
B. Time is a constant, unchanging force.
C. Time is constantly moving forward and changing.
D. Time is irrelevant and not worth thinking about.

8. What is the significance of the Brooklyn Ferry in the poem?
A. It is a symbol of the progress and technology of the Industrial Revolution.
B. It represents the division between the rich and the poor in society.
C. It symbolizes the journey that connects people across of time.
D. It is an important historical landmark in New York City.

9. Which two locations does the ferry travel between in “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry”?
A. Queens and Staten Island
B. Bronx and Harlem
C. Manhattan and Brooklyn
D. New Jersey and Manhattan

10. How does Whitman address the reader in the poem?

A. As an observer of ferry crossing

B. As a future passenger

C. As a critic of urban life

D. As a fellow poet writing

11. How does the speaker in "Crossing the Brooklyn Ferry" view the city of New York?
A. As a place of great opportunity and prosperity
B. As a chaotic and dangerous place to live
C. As a symbol of progress and modernity
D. As a place of natural beauty and wonder

12. What is the overall tone of "Crossing the Brooklyn Ferry"?
A. Nostalgic and sentimental
B. Anxious and fearful
C. Optimistic and celebratory
D. Cynical and sarcastic

13. According to "Crossing the Brooklyn Ferry," what is the relationship between the present and the future?
A. The present is insignificant compared to the future.
B. The future is predetermined and cannot be changed by the present.
C. The present and the future are interconnected and influence each other.
D. The future is uncertain and should not be worried about in the present.


14. What is the name of the river crossed in “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry”?
A. Hudson River
B. Mississippi River
C. East River
D. Delaware River

15. The poem first appeared as "Sun-Down Poem" in which edition of Leaves of Grass?

A. 1855 (First Edition)

B. 1856 (Second Edition)

C. 1860 (Third Edition)

D. 1867 (Fourth Edition)

16. How many lines and sections are there in “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” in 1860 edition?
A. 108 lines, 15 sections
B. 147 lines, 26 sections
C. 99 lines, 27 sections
D. 132 lines, 9 sections

17. How many lines and sections are there in “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” in revised 1881 edition?
A. 108 lines, 15 sections
B. 147 lines, 26 sections
C. 99 lines, 27 sections
D. 132 lines, 9 sections

 

18. In "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry," the poet does address the:

A. Star
B. Sun
C. Clouds
D. Tide

 

19. Opening line of the poem?

A. Flood-tide below me! I see you face to face!

B. A hundred years hence, or ever so many hundred years hence, others will see them,

C. The men and women I saw were all near to me,

D. I too knitted the old knot of contrariety,

 

20. Closing line of the poem?

A. The sea-gulls oscillating their bodies, the hay-boat in the twilight, and the belated lighter?

B. Flow on, river! flow with the flood-tide, and ebb with the ebb-tide!

C. You have waited, you always wait, you dumb, beautiful ministers,

D. Great or small, you furnish your parts toward the soul.

 

21. Which of the following is not a phrase in the poem?

A. half an hour high

B. slow-wheeling circles

C. scallop-edg’d waves

D. Death’s outlet song

 

22. In "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry," the poet reveals he lived in ______ and walked in ______ streets, grounding the poem in personal experience.

A. Boston / cobblestone

B. Manhattan / Brooklyn

C. Philadelphia / narrow

D. Camden / industrial

 

23. Which of the following characters/images is ABSENT from "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry"?

A. A grieving widow in black

B. Seagulls wheeling overhead

C. Crowds of commuters on the ferry

D. Foundry chimneys burning fire

 

24. Fill in the blank:"  "……………-month sea-gulls"

A. Tenth-month

B. Twelfth-month

C. Third-month

D. Fourth-month

 

25. The lines " Clouds of the west! sun there half an hour high! I see you also face to face" describe:

A. Sunset

B. Sunrise

C. Afternoon

D. Midnight

Answers: Crossing the Brooklyn Ferry
1.  B	2.  C	3.  B	4. B	5. B	6. C	7. C	8.  C	9.  C	10.  B
11. A	12. C	13. C	14. C	15. B	16.  B	17. D	18. A	19. A	20. D
21. D	22. B	23. A	24. B	25. A	26.	27.	28.	29.	30.