1. To what does the narrator say “I resign myself to you also” in the beginning of Section 21?
(a) “You desert!”
(b) “You forest!”
(c) “You canyon!”
(d) “You sea!”

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

3. In Section 21, the poet claims, “I am the poet of the Body and I am the poet of the” what?
(a) “Animals.”
(b) “Soul.”
(c) “Mind.”
(d) “Earth.”

4. How many suns does the narrator claim there are left in Section 2?
(a) But a few.
(b) A handful.
(c) Dozens.
(d) Millions.

5. The narrator calls out to “beat the gong of” what, in Section 23?
(a) “Failure.”
(b) “Victory.”
(c) “Submission.”
(d) “Revolt.”

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator says in Section 20, “Having pried through the strata, analyzed to a hair, counsel'd with doctors and calculated close, I find no sweeter fat than sticks to my own” what?

2. What is being carried in loads on the “slow-drawn wagon” in Section 9?

3. The narrator compels the reader in Section 2 by stating, “Stop this day and night with me and you shall possess” what?

4. What does the narrator say he does “alone far in the wilds and mountains” in Section 10?

5. Section 9 begins with a description of the big doors of what building standing open?

(see the answer key)

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