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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Whitman used to pull up from the water when he lived in his hometown during the summer months?
(a) Lobster pots.
(b) Netting.
(c) Fish traps.
(d) Seaweed.

3. What is piercing through the storm, piercing and pealing as the storm rises up?
(a) Tears.
(b) Singing.
(c) Laughter.
(d) Silence.

4. What did Whitman once feel was impassive, ample, and spheric in nature, though he is changing his mind?
(a) Moon.
(b) Hawaii.
(c) America.
(d) Earth.

5. As people walk down the street, their ________ convey more than their words ever could, according to Whitman.
(a) Feet.
(b) Faces.
(c) Hands.
(d) Arms.

Short Answer Questions

1. ___________ asks the soul to follow into an unknown territory without a guide and without a map.

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

3. What occurs once at sunrise and once at sunset, according to Whitman as he describes nature?

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

5. Whitman addresses the reader in "To You," telling the reader he fears they are walking the walks of _____________.

(see the answer key)

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