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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whitman proposes that grass is the ___________ of the Lord, when he contemplates it as a child.
(a) Blanket.
(b) Food.
(c) Handkerchief.
(d) Cup.

2. Whose self does Whitman sing when he begins his collection of poems in this particular book?
(a) Him.
(b) Her.
(c) Those.
(d) One's.

3. Whitman wonders how the real _______ can ever die and be buried in the end?
(a) Book.
(b) Person.
(c) Body.
(d) Word.

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

5. What rose before Whitman when he was pondering his poetry in silence in this book?
(a) Water.
(b) Grass.
(c) Phantom.
(d) Sun.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whitman calls the ostent evanescent the substances of a/an _________ mood or savan's studies long.

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

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

5. With another man, Whitman writes, he dilates and fuses the immortal laws and makes himself by them the _______ unto himself.

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