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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Whitman say the man is now that he has tears in his face at the sight of the waters?
(a) Woman.
(b) Baby.
(c) Child.
(d) Teen.

2. Who does Whitman want to kiss him, to touch him on the lips as he touches those he loves?
(a) A wave.
(b) Paumanok.
(c) His lover.
(d) His mother.

3. When Whitman sits and looks out into the world, he sees all the __________ and the agony without end.
(a) Peace.
(b) Anger.
(c) Justice.
(d) Meanness.

4. Whitman points out that it is not on the reader that they alone have ___________ which fall on them
(a) Anger.
(b) Trust.
(c) Pain.
(d) Dark patches.

5. What has been named with can not be countermanded in struggles and in wars?
(a) Birth.
(b) Truth.
(c) Death.
(d) Goal.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Whitman say that he does not forget, not in the summer or in the winter?

2. What does Whitman say was the year of struggle, the year when no dainty rhymes or sentimental loves verses were written?

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

4. Whitman says that he was offering too long to feed his soul with __________, which was clearly not a good idea..

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

(see the answer key)

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