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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The poet proclaims in Section 42, “This is the city and I am one of the” what?
(a) “Leaders.”
(b) “Caretakers.”
(c) “Citizens.”
(d) “Children.”

2. What word does Whitman use in Section 43 to refer to a Mesoamerican pyramid surmounted by a temple?
(a) Elocutionist.
(b) Pismire.
(c) Teokallis.
(d) Olypmus.

3. What does the narrator call those on guard when he tells them to “Look to your arms!” in Section 37?
(a) Mockers.
(b) Fibbers.
(c) Whiners.
(d) Laggards.

4. What “is drawn on the slip-noose” in Section 33?
(a) The ocean.
(b) The phoenix.
(c) The life-car.
(d) The sun.

5. The narrator claims in Section 33, “I am the hounded slave, I wince at the bite of” what?
(a) “The bugs.”
(b) “Man.”
(c) “The snakes.”
(d) “The dogs.”

6. Who is described as the grandson of Kronos in Section 41?
(a) Odin.
(b) Midas.
(c) Hercules.
(d) Zeus.

7. The narrator states in Section 46, “My signs are a rain-proof coat, good shoes, and” what?
(a) “A hat of straw.”
(b) “Lambskin gloves.”
(c) “A belt made of leather.”
(d) “A stiff cut from the woods.”

8. The narrator says in Section 46, “This day before dawn I ascended a hill and look’d at” what?
(a) “The empty lands.”
(b) “The rushing rivers.”
(c) “The crowded heaven.”
(d) “The waking animals.”

9. The poet asserts in Section 25, “Come now I will not be tantalized, you conceive too much of” what?
(a) “Willingness.”
(b) “Articulation.”
(c) “Beauty.”
(d) “Godliness.”

10. By whom does the narrator say he has been “given up” in Section 28?
(a) “Priests.”
(b) “God.”
(c) “Traitors.”
(d) “Pillagers.”

11. What does the poet say he opens at night to “see the far-sprinkled systems” in Section 45?
(a) A pismire.
(b) A telescope.
(c) A scuttle.
(d) A prism.

12. The narrator contends that he is the teacher of what, in the opening of Section 47?
(a) Historians.
(b) Teachers.
(c) Scientists.
(d) Athletes.

13. In the final lines of Section 25, the poet claims, “Writing and talk do not prove me, I carry the plenum of proof and every thing else in my” what?
(a) “Face.”
(b) “Body.”
(c) “Mind.”
(d) “Spirit.”

14. The poet proclaims in Section 44, “What is known I” do what to?
(a) “Step on.”
(b) “Hate.”
(c) “Spit at.”
(d) “Strip away.”

15. Who is described as the son of Kronos in Section 41?
(a) Midas.
(b) Odin.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Hercules.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is referred to as “a chef-d’oeuvre for the highest” in Section 31?

2. The narrator states “Now I will do nothing but” what, in the opening of Section 26?

3. What creature “in his tough pimples sleeps by the bayou” in Section 33?

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

5. What sound is described as emanating from flames in Section 26?

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