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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 18-25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Whitman say that one should hold up sternly in order for it to send something back?
(a) Hand mirror.
(b) Parchment.
(c) Feather.
(d) Boat.

2. Who does Whitman not want to shut their proud doors to him, as stated in a poem of that same idea?
(a) Churches.
(b) Schools.
(c) Armies.
(d) Libraries.

3. What color is the halo in the sky, drooping upon the sea in the description of the water?
(a) Blue.
(b) Brown.
(c) Black.
(d) Green.

4. What is forever and ever, longer than soil is brown and solid, longer than water ebbs and flows?
(a) Faith.
(b) Family.
(c) Soul.
(d) Religion.

5. Who does Whitman answer for when he takes the young man's hands in his own?
(a) His brother.
(b) His mother.
(c) God.
(d) His sister.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. "You furnish your parts toward eternity, Great or small, you furnish your parts toward the ________."

3. Which sort of bird caused Whitman to stop and open listen to it opening its throat and joyfully singing?

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

5. What will Whitman plant as thick as trees along all the rivers of America and along the shores of all the great lakes?

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