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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what state did Whitman see the live-oak growing, and named a poem after this occurrence?
(a) Louisiana.
(b) Maine.
(c) Maryland.
(d) Delaware.

2. With another man, Whitman writes, he dilates and fuses the immortal laws and makes himself by them the _______ unto himself.
(a) Honor.
(b) Law.
(c) Truth.
(d) Love.

3. What do the lovers who exit the room after the night leave over baskets, swelling the house with their plenty?
(a) White towels.
(b) Money.
(c) Words.
(d) Birds.

4. The __________ has joy in inflating the chest, rolling the thunder of the voice, making the people rage, and leading America.
(a) Lawyer.
(b) President.
(c) Congressman.
(d) Orator.

5. What is NOT a word which is used to describe the poets Whitman says are still to come in the world?
(a) Continental.
(b) Honest.
(c) Native.
(d) Athletic.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Whitman meet in the poem, "Eidolons," passing the hues and objects of the world?

3. What sort of song does Whitman say he will sing in the sixth inscription of the book's opening?

4. What are the terrible perturbations of the suns, swelling, collapsing, and ending?

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

(see the answer key)

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