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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 expresses that he knows the __________ does not know how longingly he looked at them.
(a) Passing stranger.
(b) Blade of grass.
(c) Woman.
(d) Old woman.

2. What kind of headsman stands mask'd, clothed in red, with huge legs and strong naked arms?
(a) American.
(b) European.
(c) Australian.
(d) Asian.

3. Who asks Whitman to sing a song that no poet has yet to have chanted?
(a) The grass.
(b) A flower.
(c) Muse.
(d) God.

4. Who does Whitman say the person in the poem "Europe" was paid to do?
(a) Cross the water.
(b) Defile the People.
(c) Leave the land untouched.
(d) Write the poems.

5. Who does Whitman profess to folding in every leaf of his poetry in order to celebrate the sea?
(a) Mariners.
(b) Sea serpents.
(c) Poets.
(d) Dogs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the city of orgies, according to Whitman's poem of the same name?

2. Who are the tan faced children who follow well in order and get their weapons ready?

3. Whitman believes himself to be as trustful to his poems as a father is to his _______________.

4. Walt Whitman hears the rhythmic myths of the ____________, the strong legends of the Romans.

5. What is described as never tiring, as being rude, silent, and incomprehensible at first?

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