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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 18-25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the good place in Boston where Whitman wants to see the show from in the morning?
(a) At the docks.
(b) At the corner.
(c) At the church.
(d) At the diner.

2. Whitman says it is a painful thing to ___________ someone to excess, yet the rewards are great.
(a) Hate.
(b) Believe in.
(c) Love.
(d) Honor.

3. Who does Whitman want to kiss him, to touch him on the lips as he touches those he loves?
(a) A wave.
(b) His mother.
(c) His lover.
(d) Paumanok.

4. What color is the water in the poem, "In Cabin'd Ships at Sea," as it moves around the boat?
(a) Gray.
(b) Blue.
(c) Black.
(d) Green.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What song does Whitman hope they play as he is waiting for the show to begin in Boston?

2. Whitman believes that in his journey, the _________ is not the only thing that is there.

3. The ___________ is equal with the male according to Whitman in the first page of his poetry book?

4. What is forever and ever, longer than soil is brown and solid, longer than water ebbs and flows?

5. What is the title of the poem which begins "forms, qualities, lives, humanity, language, thoughts...."?

(see the answer key)

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