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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. The narrator exclaims in Section 18, “Vivas to those who have” what?
2. What color, in addition to green, is considered the “tufted crown intentional” by the narrator in Section 13?
3. 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?
4. The narrator says in Section 14, “The press of my foot to the earth springs a hundred” what?
5. The narrator asserts in Section 20, “I know this orbit of mine cannot be swept by” what?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the poet define “I” and “you” in response to his own questions in Section 20?
2. What “characters” does the poet embody in Section 10?
3. What is the poet’s implication with the following lines from Section 4: “There was never any more inception than there is now, Nor any more youth or age than there is now”?
4. What does Walt Whitman praise and celebrate in Section 23 of the poem?
5. With whom does the poet relate in the beginning of Section 16?
6. What does Whitman conclude of the quality of “presence” in Section 3?
7. How is “the negro” described in Section 13 of the poem?
8. What is signified by these lines from Section 1: “I loafe and invite my soul, / I lean and loafe at my ease observing a spear of summer grass”?
9. How does the poet’s delineation of “self” evolve in Section 5 of the poem?
10. What symbolism and metaphor are illustrated in Section 9 of the poem?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the Native American experience, its culture, and its idealization in the poem. How does the poet refer to the American Indians? What viewpoints does he imbue on tribal belief systems? How are their customs depicted?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the setting of the country barn and the poet’s depiction of harvest time in Section 9. What is being loaded on the wagon and how what symbolism does this crop imply? How is the crop related to the other symbolic motifs in the poem?
Essay Topic 3
Define the following literary terms: rhyme, meter, and form. Using an excerpt from the poem, identify the lines and stanzas as well as analyzing its rhyme and meter (or lack thereof). How does this poem compare to traditional, lyrical poetry? Why do you think Walt Whitman chose to write in this style?
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