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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 5-17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The __________ has joy in inflating the chest, rolling the thunder of the voice, making the people rage, and leading America.
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Orator.
(c) President.
(d) Congressman.

2. Whitman believes there is terrible doubt in _____________, there is uncertainty and the possibility of being deluded.
(a) Appearances.
(b) Government.
(c) Nature.
(d) Children.

3. It is the engineer's joy to go with the _____________ in his days.
(a) Track.
(b) Coal.
(c) Locomotive.
(d) Cars.

4. Who does Whitman consider to be dear and dreadful to the earth, as he writes in one of his poems?
(a) Beginners.
(b) Sages.
(c) Truth tellers.
(d) Women.

5. Whitman believes himself to be as trustful to his poems as a father is to his _______________.
(a) Family.
(b) Home.
(c) Children.
(d) Wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whitman expresses that he knows the __________ does not know how longingly he looked at them.

2. What does Whitman say goes to and fro, seeking a livelihood, chattering, and chaffering?

3. Walt Whitman sees _______ exhaling from unexplored countries and savage types with bows and arrows.

4. Whitman says he will make a true ________ which will earn for the body and mind whatever sticks and does not droop in death.

5. What kind of headsman stands mask'd, clothed in red, with huge legs and strong naked arms?

(see the answer key)

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