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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator tells “the tale of the murder in cold blood of” how many young men in Section 34?
(a) 194.
(b) 412.
(c) 277.
(d) 363.

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

3. The narrator claims in Section 73, “Not a youngster is taken for” what, “but I go up too, and am tried and sentenced”?
(a) “Larceny.”
(b) “Bigotry.”
(c) “Adultery.”
(d) “Heresy.”

4. The poet announces in Section 40, “To any one dying, thither I speed and twist” what?
(a) “The knob of the door.”
(b) “The hand of the attic.”
(c) “The knife in the wound.”
(d) “The sword in the cloud.”

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

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

7. The narrator asserts in Section 31 that “the narrowest hinge in my hand puts to scorn all” what?
(a) “Insects.”
(b) “Science.”
(c) “Machinery.”
(d) “Civilization.”

8. The narrator says in Section 45, “My lovers suffocate me, Crowding my lips, thick in the” what?
(a) “Pores of my skin.”
(b) “Thoughts of my mind.”
(c) “Touch of my hand.”
(d) “Gaze of my eyes.”

9. What Norse god does Whitman describe in Section 41?
(a) Odin.
(b) Osiris.
(c) Belus.
(d) Brahma.

10. The narrator says in Section 25, “My voice goes after what my” what “cannot reach”?
(a) “Nose.”
(b) “Fingertips.”
(c) “Lips.”
(d) “Eyes.”

11. The poet describes “considering a curl of smoke or a hair on the back of my hand just as curious as any” what, in Section 41?
(a) “Bible.”
(b) “Child.”
(c) “Woman.”
(d) “Revelation.”

12. The poet describes outbidding what “old cautious” characters in Section 41?
(a) Hucksters.
(b) Scuttlers.
(c) Visionaries.
(d) Sailors.

13. The poet says in Section 46, “No friend of mine takes his ease” where?
(a) “On my porch.”
(b) “On my land.”
(c) “In my bed.”
(d) “In my chair.”

14. The poet says in Section 31, “In vain the buzzard houses herself with” what?
(a) “The sky.”
(b) “Sticks and leaves.”
(c) “The clouds.”
(d) “Bark and moss.”

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Three of what are “whizzing in a row from three lusty angels with shirts bagg'd out at their waists” in Section 41?

2. The narrator says in Section 46, “This day before dawn I ascended a hill and look’d at” what?

3. To whom does the narrator say the sentries have left him helpless in Section 28?

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

5. “Behavior” is described as “lawless” as what in Section 39?

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