How much do you know about this influential poet, essayist, and journalist? Take the Walt Whitman quiz from eNotes to find out. Contains ten questions about the life and works of this great humanist.
True or False: Whitman revised Leaves of Grass continuously up until his death
Who sent a young Whitman a five-page letter of encouragement?
How did Whitman support himself as a teenager?
In what capacity did Whitman serve during the Civil War?
Whitman is often called the "father of ________ verse."
At what age did Whitman leave home and begin supporting himself?
True or False: Whitman was largely self taught
Whitman designed his own tombstone to be shaped like a house. What is written on it?
Which of the following is NOT one of the jobs Whitman held?
To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee
Macbeth
by William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet
Hamlet
The Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Lord of the Flies
by William Golding
The Crucible
by Arthur Miller
Of Mice and Men
by John Steinbeck
Guide to Literary Terms
Julius Caesar
Life
by Charlotte Brontë
The Nightingale and the Rose
by Oscar Wilde
The Ecchoing Green
by William Blake
The Lincoln Highway
by Amor Towles
Atlas of the Heart
by Brené Brown
Interior Chinatown
by Charles Yu
All That She Carried
by Tiya Miles
All About Love: New Visions
by bell hooks
Crying in H Mart
by Michelle Zauner
Beautiful World, Where Are You
by Sally Rooney