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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what time of the year does Whitman write a warble, in the form of a poem for in the "Autumn Rivulets" section?
(a) Spring.
(b) Lilac.
(c) Autumn.
(d) Winter.

2. What song does Whitman hope they play as he is waiting for the show to begin in Boston?
(a) The Great Waltz.
(b) Yankee Doodle.
(c) O Pioneers.
(d) Snickerdoodle.

3. To all those things in life, - patriotism, for example - Whitman offers and wishes ______________.
(a) Freedom.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Songs.
(d) Truth.

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

5. Who does Whitman say the person in the poem "Europe" was paid to do?
(a) Cross the water.
(b) Leave the land untouched.
(c) Defile the People.
(d) Write the poems.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the felons wearing when they come into the courtroom as Whitman watches them out of curiosity?

2. To whom is Whitman referring when he talks about the estuary which enlarges and spread itself grandly in the great sea?

3. Whitman ponders where he actually knows anything of his own ________ as he thinks about the biography of another.

4. What do mediums convey when they arrive and they are successful in the United States, according to Whitman?

5. What is one of the things which keeps Whitman up late at night, though he needs no assurances?

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