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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Whitman point out are subordinated at their tasks during "Calamus"?
(a) Men.
(b) Children.
(c) No one.
(d) Women.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who leaves natural breaths, the sounds of rains and winds, calls as the birds and animals in the woods?

2. Whitman says that he is not sure, but the high soul of lovers welcomes _______ most.

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

4. What did Whitman once feel was impassive, ample, and spheric in nature, though he is changing his mind?

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

(see the answer key)

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