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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What are the terrible perturbations of the suns, swelling, collapsing, and ending?
(a) Planets.
(b) Stars.
(c) Clouds.
(d) Moons.

3. To what does Whitman say he is near at hand with a throat to inflate itself and sing joyfully?
(a) Nature.
(b) Democracy.
(c) Honor.
(d) Ocean.

4. Who does Whitman profess to folding in every leaf of his poetry in order to celebrate the sea?
(a) Sea serpents.
(b) Poets.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Mariners.

5. What is forever and ever, longer than soil is brown and solid, longer than water ebbs and flows?
(a) Faith.
(b) Soul.
(c) Religion.
(d) Family.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose self does Whitman sing when he begins his collection of poems in this particular book?

2. Whitman ponders where he actually knows anything of his own ________ as he thinks about the biography of another.

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

4. Whitman is not only considering the idea of death, but also of chanting the chant of ___________.

5. Whitman raises a _____________ hand to all who he mentions in his poem, making the signal to remain after him.

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