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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 kind of headsman stands mask'd, clothed in red, with huge legs and strong naked arms?
(a) American.
(b) Asian.
(c) Australian.
(d) European.

2. ___________ are able to convey nature, enjoy materialism, become orators, and create from their own experiences.
(a) Mediums.
(b) Teachers.
(c) Women.
(d) Politicians.

3. Whitman addresses other countries who are striving to prove the puzzle of America, the athletic ______________.
(a) Ambition.
(b) Democracy.
(c) Grasses.
(d) Constitution.

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

5. Whitman realizes he was still not happen when he heard _________ and was received well at the capitol.
(a) His name.
(b) Silence.
(c) His poem.
(d) His voice.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Whitman consider to be dear and dreadful to the earth, as he writes in one of his poems?

3. The ___________ cheerfully braves the winter, says Whitman when he addresses this group, the snow and ice welcoming him.

4. What is NOT a word which is used to describe the poets Whitman says are still to come in the world?

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

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