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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator claims in Section 26 that the “orchestra whirls me wider than” what?
(a) “Canyons gape.”
(b) “Mountains rise.”
(c) “Deserts spread.”
(d) “Uranus flies.”

2. To whom does the poet say “I might tell how I like you, but cannot” in Section 40?
(a) “Man or woman.”
(b) “Child or adult.”
(c) “Dog or cat.”
(d) “Human or spirit.”

3. What sound is described as emanating from flames in Section 26?
(a) “Gossip.”
(b) “Whooshing.”
(c) “Whistling.”
(d) “Crackling.”

4. The poet says in Section 25, “Dazzling and tremendous how quick the sun-rise would kill me, if I could not now and always” do what?
(a) “Send sun-rise out of me.”
(b) “Hide in a fog.”
(c) “Seek out a shadow.”
(d) “Produce my own clouds.”

5. Who “shoulder their carbines and keep watch,” according to the poet in Section 37?
(a) “The housewives.”
(b) “The armed guards.”
(c) “The sentries.”
(d) “The keepers of convicts.”

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator claims in Section 15, “The married and unmarried children ride home to their” what?

2. The poet tells the dying in Section 40, “I dilate you with” what?

3. What color, in addition to green, is considered the “tufted crown intentional” by the narrator in Section 13?

4. Where does the narrator say the “sharp-hoof’d moose” comes from in Section 14?

5. What are described as “making a rush for my veins” in Section 28?

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