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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 5-17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the city of orgies, according to Whitman's poem of the same name?
(a) Boston.
(b) Newark.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Manhattan.

2. Whitman finds he is larger and better than he thought. He did not know he held so much ___________.
(a) Truth.
(b) Wisdom.
(c) Understanding.
(d) Goodness.

3. Whitman believes that the words of true ________ do not merely please those who read them.
(a) Books.
(b) Stories.
(c) Myths.
(d) Poems.

4. Which sort of bird caused Whitman to stop and open listen to it opening its throat and joyfully singing?
(a) Song dove.
(b) He-bird.
(c) She-bird.
(d) Robin.

5. Where does Whitman say there are beautiful hills which should be recognized as such?
(a) Amsterdam.
(b) North Carolina.
(c) Brooklyn.
(d) Maine.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whitman proposes that grass is the ___________ of the Lord, when he contemplates it as a child.

3. Where did Whitman say that he sat studying the older times of American? The feet of ___________.

4. Whitman raises a _____________ hand to all who he mentions in his poem, making the signal to remain after him.

5. It is the engineer's joy to go with the _____________ in his days.

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