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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The ___________ cheerfully braves the winter, says Whitman when he addresses this group, the snow and ice welcoming him.
(a) Alaskan.
(b) Canadian.
(c) Delawarean.
(d) Kanadian.

2. What is flying aloft as the ship begins to go out into the sea in "The Ship Starting"?
(a) Hands.
(b) Hopes.
(c) Ribbons.
(d) Pennants.

3. What did Whitman used to pull up from the water when he lived in his hometown during the summer months?
(a) Lobster pots.
(b) Seaweed.
(c) Netting.
(d) Fish traps.

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

5. Whitman calls the ostent evanescent the substances of a/an _________ mood or savan's studies long.
(a) Woman's.
(b) Scientist's.
(c) Artist's.
(d) Child's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Underneath all of the mysticism, what does Whitman say that he sees in the man for his comrade?

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

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

4. What is NOT a word which is used to describe the poets Whitman says are still to come in the world?

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

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