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What job did Whitman undertake at the age of 23?

Editing Newspapers

100

True or False: Whitman was an only child

False

100

What is Whitmans "signature" style?

Free verse 

100

Whitman was fired from his job due to his support of which political party? 

The Free Soil Party

200

What year was "I Hear America Singing" published 

1860

200

What profession did Whitman's Family engage in?

Farming 

200
True or False: Whitman's writing is often described as emotive and conversational
True
200

What is one of the core, more controversial*, beliefs of the Free Soil Party? 

*at the time


The free soil party opposed the expansion of Slavery into new territories. 

300

At what age did Whitman begin working?

12 years old 
300

What famous playwright influenced Whitman's work?

William Shakespeare

300
What peice of historical literature is known to have influenced Whitman's writing style?

The English Bible 

300

What event did Whitman live that would later influence his disdain for the violent and warfare? 

His time spent in the civil war camps

400
In what year did Whitman die?

1892

400

What influential writer was known to have praised "Leaves of Grass"? 

Emerson

400
What subject is very prevalent in Whitmans works?

Nature

400

What did Whitman belive the function of poetry was?

For a person to express his or her own personality via piece of work

500

On what day was Whitman Born? 

May 13th

500

In what borough did Whitman attend public school?

Brooklyn

500

How is free verse different from other forms of poetry? 

It does not follow a rhyming pattern or structure

500

What religion did Whitman follow that would later influence his writing and what does it entail?

Pantheism; the belief that God is connected and within everything and everyone.