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1. What does Walt Whitman consider to be America’s inheritance? What does he consider to be its purpose?

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   Questions: - What does Walt Whitman consider to be America’s inheritance? What does he consider to be its purpose?
2. What advantages does Whitman think American writers have? What exhortations does Whitman give about those advantages?

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   Questions: - What advantages does Whitman think American writers have? What exhortations does Whitman give about those advantages?
3. In what ways does paragraph 4 reflect what Whitman envisions as American literature? What does his style suggest about what he sees as our “inherent literature”?

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   Questions: - In what ways does paragraph 4 reflect what Whitman envisions as American literature? What does his style suggest about what he sees as our “inherent literature”?
4. Do you think American literature has, as Whitman predicts, kept “coarse and broad” (par. 4)?

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   Questions: - Do you think American literature has, as Whitman predicts, kept “coarse and broad” (par. 4)?