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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Whitman consider to be dear and dreadful to the earth, as he writes in one of his poems?
(a) Beginners.
(b) Truth tellers.
(c) Women.
(d) Sages.

2. The ___________ is equal with the male according to Whitman in the first page of his poetry book?
(a) Tree.
(b) Female.
(c) Country.
(d) River.

3. Who does Whitman profess to folding in every leaf of his poetry in order to celebrate the sea?
(a) Mariners.
(b) Sea serpents.
(c) Poets.
(d) Dogs.

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

5. What is permanent, lurking there within the body, the only purport of thous art, the real I myself?
(a) Head.
(b) Body.
(c) Spirit.
(d) Brain.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who leaves natural breaths, the sounds of rains and winds, calls as the birds and animals in the woods?

2. Who is singing the varied carols which Whitman can hear as mentioned in a poem which reveals the answer?

3. What is flying aloft as the ship begins to go out into the sea in "The Ship Starting"?

4. Who does Whitman not want to shut their proud doors to him, as stated in a poem of that same idea?

5. Which sort of bird caused Whitman to stop and open listen to it opening its throat and joyfully singing?

(see the answer key)

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