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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 realizes he was still not happen when he heard _________ and was received well at the capitol.
(a) Silence.
(b) His name.
(c) His voice.
(d) His poem.

2. Who does Whitman see eating the bread of his last supper in the midst of youths and old persons?
(a) Christ.
(b) A death row inmate.
(c) A homeless man.
(d) Mary.

3. Who is singing the song, a husky song as the main character in the poem walks on the beach at night alone?
(a) Sister.
(b) Mother.
(c) Brother.
(d) Father.

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

5. Whitman hears that some people believe that he is trying to destroy ____________, which confuses him.
(a) Schools.
(b) Libraries.
(c) Churches.
(d) Institutions.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Whitman want to kiss him, to touch him on the lips as he touches those he loves?

3. What rose before Whitman when he was pondering his poetry in silence in this book?

4. Who does Whitman say that is is close with, murmuring alike reproachfully rolling sands and drift?

5. Whitman believes that all heroic deeds were conceived in __________, as are all free poems.

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