MCQs- LIFE AND WORKS OF WALT WHITMAN
1. When was Walt
Whitman born?
A. 1819
B. 1825
C. 1809
D. 1832
2. What is Walt
Whitman’s most famous work?
A. Leaves of Grass
B. Song of Myself
C. The Scarlet Letter
D. Moby-Dick
3. Which literary movement is Walt Whitman associated with?
A. Romanticism
B. Realism
C. Transcendentalism
D. Modernism
4. In which year was Leaves of Grass first published?
A. 1845
B. 1855
C. 1865
D. 1875
5. Which famous poem from Leaves of Grass begins with "I celebrate
myself, and sing myself"?
A. O Captain! My Captain!
B. Song of the Open Road
C. Song of Myself
D. When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d
6. Whitman worked as a __________ during the American Civil War.
A. Soldier
B. Doctor
C. Nurse
D. General
7. O Captain! My Captain! was written as an elegy for which U.S. president?
A. George Washington
B. Thomas Jefferson
C. Abraham Lincoln
D. Andrew Jackson
8. Which of the following is a major theme in Whitman’s poetry?
A. Nature and democracy
B. War and conquest
C. Religious dogma
D. Social hierarchy
9. Which poetic style is Whitman famous for using?
A. Sonnet form
B. Free verse
C. Haiku
D. Limerick
10. How many editions of Leaves of Grass did Whitman publish?
A. 3
B. 5
C. 7
D. 9
11. Where did Whitman spend the later years of his life?
A. New York
B. Camden, New Jersey
C. Boston
D. Washington, D.C.
12. Which poem did Whitman write after Lincoln’s assassination?
A. The Raven
B. O Captain! My Captain!
C. The Road Not Taken
D. Annabel Lee
13. Which of these poets was heavily influenced by Whitman?
A. Robert Frost
B. Emily Dickinson
C. Allen Ginsberg
D. T.S. Eliot
14. Whitman’s poetry often celebrates ________.
A. The common man
B. Royalty
C. The aristocracy
D. child labour
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15. What was the title of Whitman’s poem about his experience with wounded
soldiers?
A. The Wound Dresser
B. The Nurse’s Song
C. A Nation Mourns
D. The Battlefield
16. What is the tone of O Captain! My Captain!?
A. Joyful
B. Mournful
C. Angry
D. Indifferent
17. In Song of Myself, the 52 sections are thought to symbolize:
A. The 52 U.S.
states at the time
B. The 52 weeks of a year
C. The 52 years of Whitman’s life
D. The 52 poems in the first edition of Leaves of Grass
18. When did Walt Whitman die?
A. 1890
B. 1892
C. 1895
D. 1901
19. Which of these is not a Walt Whitman poem?
A. Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking
B. Song of the Open Road
C. Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
D. When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d
20. In what year did Walt Whitman publish the final edition of Leaves of
Grass?
A. 1872
B. 1881
C. 1891
D. 1895
21. What profession did Whitman’s father have?
A. Farmer
B. Carpenter
C. Blacksmith
D. Merchant
22. In which U.S. state was Walt Whitman born?
A. New York
B. Massachusetts
C. Pennsylvania
D. Virginia
23. Which famous literary figure admired Whitman’s work and wrote him a
letter of praise?
A. Ralph Waldo Emerson
B. Henry David Thoreau
C. Mark Twain
D. Edgar Allan Poe
24. How many poems were in the first edition of Leaves of Grass?
A. 10
B. 12
C. 25
D. 30
25. What nickname is often given to Walt Whitman?
A. The Bard of Democracy
B. The Poet of Nature
C. The Father of Free Verse
D. The Voice of the Common Man
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41. Why was
Whitman fired from the Department of the Interior in 1865?
A. Political
activism
B. Alleged indecency of Leaves of Grass
C. Poor performance
D. Anti-war views
42. Which of the
following is not true about his first edition of Leaves of Grass (1855):
A. It was
self-published by Walt Whitman.
B. It
omitted his name on the title page, instead used a photo
C. It has 12 poems, 95 pages
D. It was an immediate commercial success.
43. Which edition
of Leaves of Grass is called the "deathbed edition"?
A. Fifth Edition
(1871)
B. Ninth Edition (1892)
C. Seventh Edition (1881)
D. Second Edition (1856)
44. Which poem
was inspired by the completion of the Suez Canal?
A. Passage
to India
B. Beat! Beat! Drums!
C. Democratic Vistas
D. Franklin Evans
45. Whitman’s
early temperance novel was titled:
A. The
Half-Breed
B. Franklin Evans; or The Inebriate
C. Life and Adventures of Jack Engle
D. Democratic Vistas
46. What was the
primary cause of Walt Whitman's death in 1892?
A. Tuberculosis
B. Pneumonia
C. Heart attack
D. Drowning
47. In which year
did Walt Whitman pass away?
A. 1885
B. 1876
C. 1901
D. 1892
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1. A |
2. A |
3. C |
4. B |
5. C |
6. C |
7. C |
8. A |
9. B |
10. D |
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11. B |
12. B |
13. C |
14. A |
15. A |
16. B |
17. B |
18. B |
19. C |
20. C |
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21. B |
22. A |
23. A |
24. B |
25. A |
26. B |
27. C |
28. B |
29. A |
30. C |
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31. B |
32. C |
33. B |
34. C |
35. C |
36. B |
37. A |
38. B |
39. B |
40. B |
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41. B |
42. D |
43. B |
44. A |
45. B |
46. B |
47. D |
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