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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 says that he is not sure, but the high soul of lovers welcomes _______ most.
(a) Desire.
(b) Truth.
(c) Death.
(d) Lust.

2. Whitman addresses the reader in "To You," telling the reader he fears they are walking the walks of _____________.
(a) Armies.
(b) Clouds.
(c) Dreams.
(d) Pain.

3. Who does Whitman say that he does not forget, not in the summer or in the winter?
(a) Heroes.
(b) Departed.
(c) Words.
(d) Children.

4. Who is the man that Whitman describes as being very cute, a man who is a made man from this day?
(a) Jonathan.
(b) George.
(c) Bill.
(d) Thomas.

5. During this section of the poems, what age does Whitman profess to being?
(a) 41.
(b) 42.
(c) 35.
(d) 37.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whitman says that years of ____________ are transient and strange, though he says he too is one.

3. Who does Whitman describe as being lean and sinewy with muscular legs, thinly clothed, and well trained?

4. What does Whitman say that he will expose when he runs his furrow with his plough and press his spade through the sod?

5. The metaphor of __________ is used in relation to the plowman, tilling to life, while the harvester harvests in the end.

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