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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 song does Whitman hope they play as he is waiting for the show to begin in Boston?
(a) Snickerdoodle.
(b) The Great Waltz.
(c) O Pioneers.
(d) Yankee Doodle.

2. Whitman believes there is terrible doubt in _____________, there is uncertainty and the possibility of being deluded.
(a) Children.
(b) Appearances.
(c) Government.
(d) Nature.

3. What does Whitman say was the year of struggle, the year when no dainty rhymes or sentimental loves verses were written?
(a) 1821.
(b) 1851.
(c) 1861.
(d) 1841.

4. Whitman says that he is the sworn _______ of every dauntless rebel the world over, with songs of insurrection.
(a) Priest.
(b) Mystic.
(c) Chanter.
(d) Poet.

5. Whitman raises a _____________ hand to all who he mentions in his poem, making the signal to remain after him.
(a) Closed.
(b) Perpendicular.
(c) Shaking.
(d) Open.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Whitman decide to merge with the crowd when they descend to the pavements?

2. Walt Whitman sees _______ exhaling from unexplored countries and savage types with bows and arrows.

3. From the sea of ________, Whitman says that he will collect and bring a windrow drift of weeds and shells.

4. Who is sultry with perfumes, with ample and flowing garments, florid with blood, hot with passion?

5. What do mediums convey when they arrive and they are successful in the United States, according to Whitman?

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