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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 29-32.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word from Section 6 refers to a figure or symbol with a hidden meaning?
(a) Hieroglyphic.
(b) Character.
(c) Petroglyph.
(d) Calligraphy.

2. What is referred to as “a chef-d’oeuvre for the highest” in Section 31?
(a) “The tree-toad.”
(b) “The water bird.”
(c) “The ground squirrel.”
(d) “The flying fish.”

3. Of “these thoughts,” the narrator says “If they are not the riddle and the untying of the riddle they are” what, in Section 17?
(a) “A mystery.”
(b) “Nothing.”
(c) “A waste of time.”
(d) “Unnerving.”

4. Section 17 ends with the line, “This is the common air that bathes” what?
(a) “The county.”
(b) “The globe.”
(c) “The country.”
(d) “The body.”

5. The poet claims in Section 21 that “it is as great to be a woman as to be a man,” and that “there is nothing greater than” what?
(a) “The father of children.”
(b) “The mother of men.”
(c) “The cousin of the animals.”
(d) “The owner of the animals.”

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does the narrator say “the other I am not must not abase itself to you” in Section 5?

2. Which word from Section 12 means “limber” or “flexible”?

3. The narrator asserts in Section 31 that “the narrowest hinge in my hand puts to scorn all” what?

4. The narrator asserts in Section 20, “In all people I see” what?

5. What kind of boat is described “under her sky-sails” in Section 10?

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