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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 26-36.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whitman hears that some people believe that he is trying to destroy ____________, which confuses him.
(a) Libraries.
(b) Institutions.
(c) Schools.
(d) Churches.

2. What song does Whitman hope they play as he is waiting for the show to begin in Boston?
(a) Yankee Doodle.
(b) The Great Waltz.
(c) Snickerdoodle.
(d) O Pioneers.

3. Who is sultry with perfumes, with ample and flowing garments, florid with blood, hot with passion?
(a) Mistress.
(b) Mother Earth.
(c) Creatrix.
(d) Originatress.

4. Whitman appears to have some sort of connection to _________ and to prostitutes, trying to understand them.
(a) Felons.
(b) Beggars.
(c) Missionaries.
(d) Farmers.

5. Walt Whitman hears the rhythmic myths of the ____________, the strong legends of the Romans.
(a) Norse.
(b) Greeks.
(c) Germans.
(d) Egyptians.

Short Answer Questions

1. The __________ has joy in inflating the chest, rolling the thunder of the voice, making the people rage, and leading America.

2. Whitman expresses that he knows the __________ does not know how longingly he looked at them.

3. What are the felons wearing when they come into the courtroom as Whitman watches them out of curiosity?

4. What is the one thing that Whitman says the President has not learned of during his life so far?

5. Whitman includes a series of poems which pertain to forms of education from questions posed to _______ to tests and judgement.

(see the answer key)

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