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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is singing the varied carols which Whitman can hear as mentioned in a poem which reveals the answer?
(a) America.
(b) Criminals.
(c) Canada.
(d) Men.

2. Whitman raises a _____________ hand to all who he mentions in his poem, making the signal to remain after him.
(a) Open.
(b) Closed.
(c) Shaking.
(d) Perpendicular.

3. Whitman proposes that grass is the ___________ of the Lord, when he contemplates it as a child.
(a) Handkerchief.
(b) Cup.
(c) Blanket.
(d) Food.

4. What will Whitman plant as thick as trees along all the rivers of America and along the shores of all the great lakes?
(a) Patriotism.
(b) Shrubs.
(c) Companionship.
(d) Honor.

5. What do the lovers who exit the room after the night leave over baskets, swelling the house with their plenty?
(a) Money.
(b) White towels.
(c) Birds.
(d) Words.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whitman says that he is not sure, but the high soul of lovers welcomes _______ most.

2. In what state did Whitman see the live-oak growing, and named a poem after this occurrence?

3. Whose self does Whitman sing when he begins his collection of poems in this particular book?

4. Whitman believes himself to be as trustful to his poems as a father is to his _______________.

5. It is the engineer's joy to go with the _____________ in his days.

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