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Whitman Poetry I
Whitman Poetry II
Dickinson Poetry I
Dickinson Poetry II
100
When was Dickinson born?
What is December 10, 1830?
100
Finish the line - "Now I will do nothing but ____" from Song 26 of "Song of Myself" and provide an analysis.
What is "Now I will do nothing but listen"? What is you learn more by listening to others? 
100
What are four jobs recognized in "I Hear America Singing"?
What is mechanic, carpenter, mason, boatman, deckhand, shoemaker, hatter, wood-cutter, ploughboy, mother, young wife, or girl? 
100
What themes are seen in Dickinson's poetry?
What is death, love, nature, immortality, and religion? 
100
Who is the "purple Host" in "Success is counted sweetest"? 
What is the army that won the battle, who took the flag that day?
200
Where did Whitman go to college?
What is he was never college-educated? 
200
Finish this line - "Each singing what belongs to him or her and to __ ____ _____" and provide an analysis . 
What is "Each singing what belongs to him or her and to no one else"? What is each person has a certain job they are a part of and no one can take that away from them?
200
What was the "fearful trip" in "O Captain! My Captain!"? 
What is coming back from a long journey at sea? What is the Civil War (Union vs. Confederates)?
200
Who visits the soul in "The Soul Selects her own Society"?
What is the pausing Chariots at the gate and a kneeling Emperor?
200
What does the soul do in "The Soul Selects her own Society?"
What is choosing who is in her society? What is closing off her "divine Majority" to others?
300
What was Whitman's greatest work?

What is Leaves of Grass?

300
Who are the heroes in Song 33 of "Song of Myself"? 
What is breast-bone broken fireman, dying general, condemned mother, or skipper saving others?
300
What emotion did Whitman express throughout "Song of Myself"? 
What is empathy?
300
How is death personified in "Because I could not stop for death"?
What is a gentleman, friendly, kind, leisurely, or calm? 
300
What line in "Because I could not stop for death" alludes that death comes whether you are ready or not? 
What is "He kindly stopped for me"?
400
When was Dickinson's poetry published and by whom? 
What is 1890 by Thomas Wentworth Higginson and Mabel Loomis Todd? And what is 1955 by Lavinia Dickinson?
400
What is the theme of "I Hear America Singing?" 
What is the celebration of American jobs in the 1850's?
400
Finish the line - "But O heart! heart! heart! O the bleeding drops of red, Where on the deck my Captain lies, _____ ____ and ____" from "O Captain! My Captain!" and provide an analysis. 
What is "But O heart! heart! heart! O the bleeding drops of red, Where on the deck my Captain lies, Fallen cold and dead"? What is the heartache of losing a captain (assassination of Abraham Lincoln), who is lying on the deck (floor of theater) cold and dead?
400
What does the final image in "Success is counted sweetest" depict?
What is a defeated and dying soldier, that hears distant strains of triumph from the victors from a distance?
400
What does the mind order the heart to do in "Heart! We will forget him!"?
What is forget about the man that she loved or forget about the warmth and light he gave you?
500
What are three differences between Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson?
What is self-taught through reading vs. attended Amherst Academy and Mt. Holyoke Female Seminary? What is free verse vs. slant rhyme/quatrain? What is private writing vs. public writing? What is Bright's Disease vs. paralyzed due to a stroke? What is Long Island, NY vs. Amherst, MA? 
500
What is the extended metaphor in "O Captain! My Captain!"?
What is the captain of the ship as Abraham Lincoln, the "captain" of the Union during the Civil War? 
500
What scenes does Whitman describe in Song 10 of "Song of Myself"?
What is hunting in the wild, sailing a Yankee Clipper, boatman/clam diggers around a chowder-kettle pot, marriage of a trapper and "red girl", or aiding a runaway slave?
500
Finish the line - "Since then -- 'tis Centuries -- and yet/Feels shorter than the Day/I first surmised the Horses heads/Were toward _____" in "Because I could not stop for death" and provide an analysis.

What is "Since then -- 'tis Centuries -- and yet/Feels shorter than the Day/I first surmised the Horses heads/Were toward Eternity"? What is her journey with death felt like it took centuries to complete (when it only took less than a day) and she knew the horse were heading toward eternity? 

500
How does the speaker prepare for death in "I heard a Fly buzz -- when I died"?
What is signing your possessions away?