1. Whitman was ………… poet.
(A) an Indian
(B) an American
(C) a British
(D) None of these
Answer:(B) an American
2. Whitman was born in—
(A) 1817
(B) 1818
(C) 1819
(D) 1820
Answer:(C) 1819
3. Whitman died in—
(A) 1889
(B) 1890
(C) 1891
(D) 1892
Answer:(D) 1892
4. ‘Song of Myself is—
(A) a lyric
(B) an epic
(C) a sonnet
(D) None of these
Answer:(A) a lyric
5. What does the poet discard?
(A) Mankind
(B) Nature’s beauty
(C) Beloved
(D) State
Answer:(B) Nature’s beauty
6. ‘Leaves of Grass’ is a collection of poetry, known. for its free rhythms is written by-
(A) W.H. Auden
(B) Walt Whitman
(C) T.S. Eliot
(D) John Keats
Answer:(B) Walt Whitman
7. How many times the word ‘you’ has been used in ‘Song of Myself’
(A) twice
(B) ones
(C) thrice
(D) None of these
Answer:(A) twice
8. The word, ‘schools stand for. in ‘Song of Myself
(A) academy
(B) systems of thought
(C) teaching institutes
(D) None of these
Answer:(B) systems of thought
9. Who has composed the poem ‘Song of Myself?
(A) Walt Whitman
(B) Tennyson
(C) Emerson
(D) None of these
Answer:(A) Walt Whitman
10. The poet enjoys himself and sings for
(A) public
(B) beloved
(C) children
(D) himself
Answer:(D) himself
11. Walt Whitman died in
(A) 1872
(B) 1882
(C) 1892
(D) 1890
Answer:(C) 1892
12. According to ‘Song of Myself the speaker is a great lover of—
(A) arts
(B) science
(C) commerce
(D) Nature
Answer:(D) Nature
13. Walt Whitman has written the poem—
(A) An Epitaph
(B) The Soldier
(C) Song of Myself
(D) Fire-Hymn
Answer:(C) Song of Myself
14. Walt Whitman is years old.
(A) 34
(B) 35
(C) 36
(D) 37
Answer:(B) 35
15. What does the poet observe in summer?
(A) sunny days
(B) Girls playing
(C) Spike of grass
(D) Yellow flowers
Answer:(C) Spike of grass
16. Who is the speaker in this poem?
(A) A boy
(B) A girl
(C) The poet himself
(D) An old man
Answer:(C) The poet himself
17. The poet enjoys himself and sings for-
(A) Public
(B) Beloved
(C) Children
(D) Self
Answer:(D) Self
18. ‘Hoping to cease not till death’ is a line from …………
(A) Sweetest Love I Do Not Goe
(B) Song of Myself
(C) The Soldier
(D) Fire-Hymn
Answer:(D) Fire-Hymn
19. I celebrate myself and sing myself is written by –
(A) Walt Whitman
(B) W.H. Auden
(C) J. Keats
(D) W.B. Yeats
Answer:(A) Walt Whitman
20. in the first line of the poem ‘Song of Myself is the poet—
(A) John Keats
(B) Kamala Das
(C) John Donne
(D) Walt Whitman
Answer:(D) Walt Whitman
21. In the Poem ‘Song of Myself the poet for himself.
(A) laughs
(B) cries
(C) sings
(D) None of these
Answer:(C) sings
22. ‘And what I assume you shall assume is taken from the poem—
(A) Song of Myself
(B) An Epitaph
(C) The Soldier
(D) Fire-Hymn
Answer:(A) Song of Myself
23. ‘I harbor for good or bad is written by —
(A) John Keats
(B) John Donne
(C) Walt Whitman
(D) D.H. Lawrence
Answer:(C) Walt Whitman
24. Who is the poet of ‘Song of Myself?
(A) W.H. Auden
(B) John Keats
(C) Walt Whitman
(D) T.S. Eliot
Answer:(C) Walt Whitman
25. Who is the speaker in this poem?
(A) a boy
(B) a girl
(C) the poet himself
(D) grass
Answer:(C) the poet himself
26. Walt Whitman was born in
(A) 1820
(B) 1819
(C) 1816
(D) 1822
Answer:(B) 1819
27. What does the poet discard?
(A) king
(B) nature’s beauty
(C) beloved
(D) statue
Answer:(B) nature’s beauty
28. The opening section of Song of Myself is entitled has—
(A) ‘Grass’
(B) ‘I Celebrated Myself
(C) ‘Animal’
(D) None of these
Answer:(B) ‘I Celebrated Myself
29. Who is the speaker in ‘Song of Myself (‘I Celebrate Myself)?
(A) Emerson
(B) Robert Frost
(C) Walt Whitman
(D) None of these
Answer:(C) Walt Whitman
30. ‘Leaves of Grass’ a collection of poetry, known for its free rhythms is written by
(A) John Keats
(B) Walt Whitman
(C) T.S. Eliot
(D) W.H. Auden
Answer:(B) Walt Whitman
31. The poet observes in summer
(A) sunny grass
(B) bird playing
(C) spike of grass
(D) yellow flowers
Answer:(C) spike of grass
32. Who is the poet of ‘Song of Myself?
(A) W.H. Auden
(B) John Keats
(C) Walt Whitman
(D) T.S. Eliot
Answer:(C) Walt Whitman
33. Walt Whitman was born in-
(A) 1820
(B) 1819
(C) 1815
(D) 1820
Answer:(B) 1819
34. Walt Whitman died in-
(A) 1872
(B) 1862
(C) 1892
(D) 1870
Answer:(C) 1892