William Cullen Bryant
A short quiz on William Cullen Bryant and his poem "Thanatopsis"
- 1.
What was William Cullen Bryants profession before becoming a poet?
- A.
A politician/lawyer.
- B.
Nothing, he was always a poet.
- C.
Teacher
- D.
Priest
- E.
House cleaner
Correct Answer
A. A politician/lawyer. -
- 2.
William Cullen Bryant supported what 4 things with his life style and writing?
- 3.
Pathetic Fallacy
- A.
Nature hates man
- B.
Nature sympathizes with man
- C.
Nature hides from man out of fear
Correct Answer
B. Nature sympathizes with man -
- 4.
He used Nature as a
- A.
Villian
- B.
Nothing, he hated nature
- C.
Healer and teacher
Correct Answer
C. Healer and teacher -
- 5.
Did he use Blank Verse in "Thanatopsis"
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 6.
Did he use the Great Equalizer and what is it?
- A.
YES, death is the great equalizer. ex: it makes a rich man equal to a poor man when they are both dead.
- B.
YES, the great equalizer is an arbitrator brought in to settle his characters problems unbaised
- C.
NO, the great equalizer was a creature that came from nature to make humans equal to the nature
- D.
NO, the great equalizer is not real
Correct Answer
A. YES, death is the great equalizer. ex: it makes a rich man equal to a poor man when they are both dead. -
- 7.
Explain in two ways how William Cullen Bryants writing supports Neoclassism, and then romanticism. use examples from "Thanatopsis"
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