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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 26-36.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Whitman stop in order to satisfy his curiosity about what is inside?
(a) City Dead House.
(b) The Farm.
(c) The Congress.
(d) The hospital.

2. Who does Whitman beckon to toil on, to harvest the products even though they are not alone in the fields?
(a) Presidents.
(b) Women.
(c) Children.
(d) Heroes.

3. What kind of headsman stands mask'd, clothed in red, with huge legs and strong naked arms?
(a) Australian.
(b) Asian.
(c) European.
(d) American.

4. Which is the ancient country which Whitman seems to think is progressing into the future, much in the same way as America?
(a) China.
(b) India.
(c) Somalia.
(d) Japan.

5. Whitman addresses the reader in "To You," telling the reader he fears they are walking the walks of _____________.
(a) Pain.
(b) Armies.
(c) Clouds.
(d) Dreams.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Whitman see eating the bread of his last supper in the midst of youths and old persons?

2. When Whitman sits and looks out into the world, he sees all the __________ and the agony without end.

3. Who asks Whitman to sing a song that no poet has yet to have chanted?

4. Where does Whitman decide to merge with the crowd when they descend to the pavements?

5. Who does Whitman point out are subordinated at their tasks during "Calamus"?

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