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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From where does the narrator describe following the movements of the men with sledges and hammers in the end of Section 12?
(a) “The cinder-strew’d threshold.”
(b) “The wrecking yard.”
(c) “The mountain-cliff dwelling.”
(d) “The freeway terminal.”

2. The narrator claims in Section 32, “I think I could turn and live with animals, they’re so placid and” what?
(a) “Wise.”
(b) “Aware.”
(c) “Self-contain’d.”
(d) “Patient.”

3. What does the narrator say that seeing “at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books” in Section 24?
(a) “A puppy.”
(b) “A morning-glory.”
(c) “A sunflower.”
(d) “A pansy.”

4. The narrator claims to wear what as he pleases “indoors or out” in Section 20?
(a) His pistol.
(b) His boots.
(c) His pants.
(d) His hat.

5. What is described in Section 8 as sprawled “on the bloody floor of the bedroom”?
(a) “A handkerchief.”
(b) “The suicide.”
(c) “A murder victim.”
(d) “The model.”

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What word does the poet describe as “a word of the modern” in Section 23?

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

5. According to the poet in Section 31, what “would adorn the parlors of heaven”?

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