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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 37-40.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color is the water in the poem, "In Cabin'd Ships at Sea," as it moves around the boat?
(a) Black.
(b) Blue.
(c) Gray.
(d) Green.

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

3. What is the city of orgies, according to Whitman's poem of the same name?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Newark.
(c) Manhattan.
(d) Boston.

4. Who does Whitman doubt to be the one true author of the many works accredited to him in history?
(a) Ben Franklin.
(b) Marlowe.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Robert Frost.

5. _________ sprouts push through the snow, helping to reveal the coming of Spring and of the month of March.
(a) Wet.
(b) Green.
(c) Small.
(d) New.

Short Answer Questions

1. Those who are considered to be ________ should be able to share their ideas and their stories, according to Whitman.

2. Who is in the curious trio with Whitman? This trio includes his _________ and his body, and himself.

3. Whitman says that years of ____________ are transient and strange, though he says he too is one.

4. What are the felons wearing when they come into the courtroom as Whitman watches them out of curiosity?

5. Who does Whitman not want to shut their proud doors to him, as stated in a poem of that same idea?

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