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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 says he will make a true ________ which will earn for the body and mind whatever sticks and does not droop in death.
(a) Belief.
(b) Poem.
(c) Book.
(d) Song.

2. Whitman points out that it is not on the reader that they alone have ___________ which fall on them
(a) Anger.
(b) Dark patches.
(c) Trust.
(d) Pain.

3. The ___________ is equal with the male according to Whitman in the first page of his poetry book?
(a) Tree.
(b) Country.
(c) Female.
(d) River.

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

5. Underneath all of the mysticism, what does Whitman say that he sees in the man for his comrade?
(a) Love.
(b) Strength.
(c) Hope.
(d) Honor.

Short Answer Questions

1. The __________ has joy in inflating the chest, rolling the thunder of the voice, making the people rage, and leading America.

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

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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