Objective Questions
1.How many times the word ‘you’ has been used in ‘Song of Myself” (‘Í Celebrate Myself’) ?
(A) twice
(B) ones
(C) thrice
(D) None of these
Answer ⇒ (A)
2. The word ‘schools’stands for………in ‘Song of Myself” (‘I Celebrate Myself).
(A) academy
(B) systems of thought
(C) teaching institutes
(D) None of these
Answer ⇒ (B)
3. Who has composed the poem ‘Song of Myself” ?
(A) Walt Whitman
(B) Tennyson
(C) Emerson
(D) None of these
Answer ⇒ (A)
4. Whitman was……….poet.
(A) an Indian
(B) an American
(C) a British
(D) None of these
Answer ⇒ (B)
5. Whitman was born in-
(A) 1817
(B) 1818
(C) 1819
(D) 1820
Answer ⇒ (C)
6. Whitman died in-
(A) 1889
(B) 1890
(C) 1891
(D) 1892
Answer ⇒ (D)
7. ‘Song of Myself is-
(A) a lyric
(B) an epic
(C) a sonnet
(D) None of these
Answer ⇒ (A)
8. The opening section of ‘Song of Myself’ is entitled has-
(A) ‘Grass’
(B) ‘I Celebrated Myself
(C) ‘Animal’
(D) None of these
Answer ⇒ (B)
9. 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)
10. According to ‘Song of Myself (‘I Celebrate Myself’) the speaker is a great lover of-
(A) arts
(B) science
(C) commerce
(D) Nature
Answer ⇒ (D)
11. Walt Whitman has written the poem-
(A) An Epitaph
(B) The Soldier
(C) Song of Myself
(D) Fire-Hymn
Answer ⇒ (C)
12. Walt Whitman is …………. years old.
(A) 34
(B) 35
(C) 36
(D) 37
Answer ⇒ (B)
13. ‘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)
14. ‘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)
15. I 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)
16. In the Poem ‘Song of Myself” the poet………for himself.
(A) laughs
(B) cries
(C) sings
(D) None of these
Answer ⇒ (C)
17. ‘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)
18. ‘I harbour for good or bad’ is written by-
(A) John Keats
(B) John Donne
(C) Walt Whitman
(D) D.H. Lawrence
Answer ⇒ (C)
Short Answer Questions
1. What is meant by ‘Nature without check with original energy”?
Ans. He wants nature to speak to him as it is, and not as influenced by thought and dogmas. He wants nature to speak to him in its original form and with its full force.
2. What is the theme of the poem?
Ans. The theme of the poem is oneness in the universe, All human beings are one and each one is as much part of nature as anyone else.
3. How does the speaker establish relation between ‘me’ and ‘you’?
Ans. The speaker establishes a complete identity between himself and others by saying ‘every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you’. Me and you are the two sides of the same coin.
4. What has formed the speaker’s blood?
Ans. The soil on which he rests and the air that he breathes have formed his blood.
5. What does he want to do with creeds?
Ans. He wants to keep them aside for some time, though he does not want to forget them altogether.
6. What does he want to speak about?
Ans. He wants to speak about himself. But himself means all the mankind, the supreme being himself.
7. Explain the line: ‘Hoping to cease not till death’.
Ans. The poet is thirty-seven years old. He is in perfect health. He hopes he will stay healthy till the last day of his life.