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

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

3. What color of hair does Whitman say that Ireland has now as she is changing from what she once was?
(a) Green.
(b) Red.
(c) White.
(d) Brown.

4. For what time of the year does Whitman write a warble, in the form of a poem for in the "Autumn Rivulets" section?
(a) Autumn.
(b) Spring.
(c) Lilac.
(d) Winter.

5. Where does Whitman stop in order to satisfy his curiosity about what is inside?
(a) The Farm.
(b) City Dead House.
(c) The hospital.
(d) The Congress.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Whitman once feel was impassive, ample, and spheric in nature, though he is changing his mind?

2. What is the title of the poem which begins "forms, qualities, lives, humanity, language, thoughts...."?

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

4. Whitman hears that some people believe that he is trying to destroy ____________, which confuses him.

5. What is one of the things which keeps Whitman up late at night, though he needs no assurances?

(see the answer key)

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