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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Whitman spell Canada when he uses the name in the poem, "On Journeys through the States"?
(a) Canada.
(b) Kunada.
(c) Kanuda.
(d) Kanada.

2. With another man, Whitman writes, he dilates and fuses the immortal laws and makes himself by them the _______ unto himself.
(a) Law.
(b) Truth.
(c) Honor.
(d) Love.

3. Whitman proposes that grass is the ___________ of the Lord, when he contemplates it as a child.
(a) Cup.
(b) Handkerchief.
(c) Blanket.
(d) Food.

4. Whitman believes himself to be as trustful to his poems as a father is to his _______________.
(a) Family.
(b) Wife.
(c) Children.
(d) Home.

5. Whitman wonders how the real _______ can ever die and be buried in the end?
(a) Word.
(b) Book.
(c) Body.
(d) Person.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whitman believes that in his journey, the _________ is not the only thing that is there.

3. In what state did Whitman see the live-oak growing, and named a poem after this occurrence?

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

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

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