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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 18-25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whitman says that not a disembodied _________ can the weapons of tyrants let loose, but it stalks invisibly.
(a) Poem.
(b) Truth.
(c) Song.
(d) Spirit.

2. "Carry me when you go forth over land or sea; For thus merely ______________ you is enough, is best."
(a) Touching.
(b) Breathing.
(c) Feeling.
(d) Knowing.

3. The child and her father are looking in the _____ at the autumn skin in "On the Beach at Night."
(a) South.
(b) East.
(c) West.
(d) North.

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

5. What is the one thing that Whitman says the President has not learned of during his life so far?
(a) Justice.
(b) Bravery.
(c) Honor.
(d) Nature.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Whitman say there are beautiful hills which should be recognized as such?

2. What does Whitman say the man is now that he has tears in his face at the sight of the waters?

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

4. Whitman finds he is larger and better than he thought. He did not know he held so much ___________.

5. Which sort of bird caused Whitman to stop and open listen to it opening its throat and joyfully singing?

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