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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whitman ponders where he actually knows anything of his own ________ as he thinks about the biography of another.
(a) History.
(b) Life.
(c) Needs.
(d) Message.

2. What does Whitman beckon to sound clearer in and through the atmosphere?
(a) Birds.
(b) Poems.
(c) Eyes.
(d) Throat.

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

4. Whitman hears that some people believe that he is trying to destroy ____________, which confuses him.
(a) Libraries.
(b) Institutions.
(c) Churches.
(d) Schools.

5. At the time of freedom, the soul can emerge fully and ponder the _________ one loves best.
(a) Silence.
(b) Truth.
(c) Themes.
(d) Animals.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whitman was seized by a spirit, held by an _________self out of the pride which causes him to utter poems.

2. Walt Whitman hears the rhythmic myths of the ____________, the strong legends of the Romans.

3. What does Whitman say that one should hold up sternly in order for it to send something back?

4. What is the powerful machine which is moving through the snow with its vapor-pennants tinged with delicate purple?

5. What do mediums convey when they arrive and they are successful in the United States, according to Whitman?

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