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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the child went forth, what happened to him every day? He became the ____________ he looked at.
(a) First object.
(b) First tear.
(c) First thought.
(d) First animal.

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

3. What causes the soldiers to fall into step and to arm themselves?
(a) Enemies.
(b) Drum taps.
(c) Guns.
(d) Drill sergeants.

4. What does Whitman beckon to sound clearer in and through the atmosphere?
(a) Birds.
(b) Poems.
(c) Eyes.
(d) Throat.

5. Whitman was seized by a spirit, held by an _________self out of the pride which causes him to utter poems.
(a) Electric.
(b) Aggressive.
(c) Amazing.
(d) Authentic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whitman raises a _____________ hand to all who he mentions in his poem, making the signal to remain after him.

2. During this section of the poems, what age does Whitman profess to being?

3. Whitman points out that it is not on the reader that they alone have ___________ which fall on them

4. Who does Whitman answer for when he takes the young man's hands in his own?

5. "And there is ______ to us of all that has ever come of races and days, or ever will come."

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