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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 5-17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What will Whitman plant as thick as trees along all the rivers of America and along the shores of all the great lakes?
(a) Patriotism.
(b) Honor.
(c) Shrubs.
(d) Companionship.

2. The ___________ cheerfully braves the winter, says Whitman when he addresses this group, the snow and ice welcoming him.
(a) Canadian.
(b) Delawarean.
(c) Alaskan.
(d) Kanadian.

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

4. What sort of song does Whitman say he will sing in the sixth inscription of the book's opening?
(a) Leaves.
(b) Truth.
(c) Patriotism.
(d) Companionship.

5. Once a state is fully enslaved, according to Whitman, no nation, state, city, of the Earth can resume its ____________.
(a) Wealth.
(b) Liberty.
(c) Power.
(d) Victory.

Short Answer Questions

1. The ___________ is equal with the male according to Whitman in the first page of his poetry book?

2. What are houses and rooms full of? What are shelves crowded with according to Whitman?

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

4. Who does Whitman meet in the poem, "Eidolons," passing the hues and objects of the world?

5. "Carry me when you go forth over land or sea; For thus merely ______________ you is enough, is best."

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