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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Whitman spell Canada when he uses the name in the poem, "On Journeys through the States"?
(a) Kanuda.
(b) Canada.
(c) Kanada.
(d) Kunada.

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

3. Who leaves natural breaths, the sounds of rains and winds, calls as the birds and animals in the woods?
(a) Red aborigines.
(b) The birds.
(c) The Gods.
(d) The mothers.

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

5. Who does Whitman see eating the bread of his last supper in the midst of youths and old persons?
(a) A homeless man.
(b) A death row inmate.
(c) Mary.
(d) Christ.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Whitman say goes to and fro, seeking a livelihood, chattering, and chaffering?

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

4. What has been named with can not be countermanded in struggles and in wars?

5. Whitman says he will make a true ________ which will earn for the body and mind whatever sticks and does not droop in death.

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