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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) Kanada.
(c) Canada.
(d) Kunada.

2. Who does Whitman not want to shut their proud doors to him, as stated in a poem of that same idea?
(a) Schools.
(b) Armies.
(c) Churches.
(d) Libraries.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Which sort of bird caused Whitman to stop and open listen to it opening its throat and joyfully singing?

4. Who does Whitman see eating the bread of his last supper in the midst of youths and old persons?

5. "You furnish your parts toward eternity, Great or small, you furnish your parts toward the ________."

(see the answer key)

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