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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) Kanuda.
(b) Canada.
(c) Kanada.
(d) Kunada.

2. In what state did Whitman see the live-oak growing, and named a poem after this occurrence?
(a) Delaware.
(b) Louisiana.
(c) Maryland.
(d) Maine.

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

4. Whitman believes that all heroic deeds were conceived in __________, as are all free poems.
(a) God's hand.
(b) The open air.
(c) Church.
(d) The soul.

5. Who leaves natural breaths, the sounds of rains and winds, calls as the birds and animals in the woods?
(a) The birds.
(b) The Gods.
(c) Red aborigines.
(d) The mothers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whitman says that he is not sure, but the high soul of lovers welcomes _______ most.

2. What is forever and ever, longer than soil is brown and solid, longer than water ebbs and flows?

3. What did Whitman once feel was impassive, ample, and spheric in nature, though he is changing his mind?

4. Whitman addresses other countries who are striving to prove the puzzle of America, the athletic ______________.

5. During this section of the poems, what age does Whitman profess to being?

(see the answer key)

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