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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 not want to shut their proud doors to him, as stated in a poem of that same idea?
(a) Churches.
(b) Armies.
(c) Schools.
(d) Libraries.

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

3. How old is Whitman at the time of his writing his poems, noting this in his poems and that he is in good health?
(a) 28.
(b) 27.
(c) 37.
(d) 18.

4. Whitman calls the ostent evanescent the substances of a/an _________ mood or savan's studies long.
(a) Artist's.
(b) Woman's.
(c) Scientist's.
(d) Child's.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Whitman profess to folding in every leaf of his poetry in order to celebrate the sea?

2. Whose self does Whitman sing when he begins his collection of poems in this particular book?

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

4. What rose before Whitman when he was pondering his poetry in silence in this book?

5. Whitman says it is a painful thing to ___________ someone to excess, yet the rewards are great.

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