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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 37-40.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Whitman laments a ___________ which has gone on many voyages, but is now rusting away all alone.
(a) Anchor.
(b) Train.
(c) Ship.
(d) Wheel.

3. The metaphor of __________ is used in relation to the plowman, tilling to life, while the harvester harvests in the end.
(a) Death.
(b) Cycles.
(c) Birth.
(d) Regeneration.

4. Which sort of bird caused Whitman to stop and open listen to it opening its throat and joyfully singing?
(a) Song dove.
(b) He-bird.
(c) Robin.
(d) She-bird.

5. Who does Whitman describe as being lean and sinewy with muscular legs, thinly clothed, and well trained?
(a) Teacher.
(b) President.
(c) Pioneer.
(d) Runner.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is characterized as one of the lost actors on the stage of eternal history, according to Whitman?

2. "Great are the ________" is work in which Whitman celebrates these creative works, those of old and new times.

3. What did Whitman used to pull up from the water when he lived in his hometown during the summer months?

4. What is the one thing that Whitman says the President has not learned of during his life so far?

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

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