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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 realizes he was still not happen when he heard _________ and was received well at the capitol.
(a) His poem.
(b) Silence.
(c) His voice.
(d) His name.

2. Who does Whitman not want to shut their proud doors to him, as stated in a poem of that same idea?
(a) Churches.
(b) Libraries.
(c) Armies.
(d) Schools.

3. 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.

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

5. Whitman addresses other countries who are striving to prove the puzzle of America, the athletic ______________.
(a) Constitution.
(b) Ambition.
(c) Democracy.
(d) Grasses.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whitman proposes that grass is the ___________ of the Lord, when he contemplates it as a child.

2. Whitman expresses that he knows the __________ does not know how longingly he looked at them.

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

4. What did Whitman used to pull up from the water when he lived in his hometown during the summer months?

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

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