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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whitman proposes that grass is the ___________ of the Lord, when he contemplates it as a child.
(a) Blanket.
(b) Cup.
(c) Handkerchief.
(d) Food.

2. What did Whitman once feel was impassive, ample, and spheric in nature, though he is changing his mind?
(a) Hawaii.
(b) America.
(c) Moon.
(d) Earth.

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

4. Whitman believes there is terrible doubt in _____________, there is uncertainty and the possibility of being deluded.
(a) Children.
(b) Appearances.
(c) Nature.
(d) Government.

5. Whitman ponders where he actually knows anything of his own ________ as he thinks about the biography of another.
(a) Life.
(b) Message.
(c) History.
(d) Needs.

Short Answer Questions

1. The ___________ is equal with the male according to Whitman in the first page of his poetry book?

2. Who does Whitman answer for when he takes the young man's hands in his own?

3. Whitman wonders how the real _______ can ever die and be buried in the end?

4. What will Whitman plant as thick as trees along all the rivers of America and along the shores of all the great lakes?

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

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