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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. It is the engineer's joy to go with the _____________ in his days.
(a) Locomotive.
(b) Cars.
(c) Track.
(d) Coal.

2. What does Whitman say goes to and fro, seeking a livelihood, chattering, and chaffering?
(a) A worker.
(b) Shadow.
(c) His muse.
(d) Soul.

3. Who does Whitman answer for when he takes the young man's hands in his own?
(a) His sister.
(b) God.
(c) His brother.
(d) His mother.

4. Where did Whitman say that he sat studying the older times of American? The feet of ___________.
(a) Jesus.
(b) God.
(c) Mary.
(d) The great masters.

5. Whitman hears that some people believe that he is trying to destroy ____________, which confuses him.
(a) Libraries.
(b) Churches.
(c) Schools.
(d) Institutions.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Walt Whitman hears the rhythmic myths of the ____________, the strong legends of the Romans.

3. Who does Whitman point out are subordinated at their tasks during "Calamus"?

4. What color is the water in the poem, "In Cabin'd Ships at Sea," as it moves around the boat?

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

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