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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Whitman not want to shut their proud doors to him, as stated in a poem of that same idea?
(a) Schools.
(b) Libraries.
(c) Churches.
(d) Armies.

2. What causes the soldiers to fall into step and to arm themselves?
(a) Drum taps.
(b) Guns.
(c) Drill sergeants.
(d) Enemies.

3. Underneath all of the mysticism, what does Whitman say that he sees in the man for his comrade?
(a) Hope.
(b) Love.
(c) Strength.
(d) Honor.

4. Who does Whitman point out are subordinated at their tasks during "Calamus"?
(a) No one.
(b) Children.
(c) Men.
(d) Women.

5. Walt Whitman sees _______ exhaling from unexplored countries and savage types with bows and arrows.
(a) Myths.
(b) Ghosts.
(c) Stories.
(d) Vapors.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Whitman spell Canada when he uses the name in the poem, "On Journeys through the States"?

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

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

4. What sort of song does Whitman say he will sing in the sixth inscription of the book's opening?

5. Though Whitman says he paints myriads of heads, he also says that he paints head without a ________.

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