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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. It is the engineer's joy to go with the _____________ in his days.
(a) Locomotive.
(b) Cars.
(c) Coal.
(d) Track.

2. Who does Whitman answer for when he takes the young man's hands in his own?
(a) His sister.
(b) His brother.
(c) His mother.
(d) God.

3. During this section of the poems, what age does Whitman profess to being?
(a) 41.
(b) 37.
(c) 35.
(d) 42.

4. Who is singing the varied carols which Whitman can hear as mentioned in a poem which reveals the answer?
(a) Canada.
(b) Criminals.
(c) America.
(d) Men.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Whitman profess to folding in every leaf of his poetry in order to celebrate the sea?

2. Once a state is fully enslaved, according to Whitman, no nation, state, city, of the Earth can resume its ____________.

3. Whitman believes that the words of true ________ do not merely please those who read them.

4. What carry the filaments of the news of wars, deaths, losses, gains, passions, and of race?

5. What color is the water in the poem, "In Cabin'd Ships at Sea," as it moves around the boat?

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