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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the man that Whitman describes as being very cute, a man who is a made man from this day?
(a) Jonathan.
(b) George.
(c) Thomas.
(d) Bill.

2. Whitman says that years of ____________ are transient and strange, though he says he too is one.
(a) Beauty.
(b) Ideas.
(c) Meteors.
(d) Politicians.

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

4. How old is Whitman at the time of his writing his poems, noting this in his poems and that he is in good health?
(a) 37.
(b) 28.
(c) 18.
(d) 27.

5. Whitman believes that the words of true ________ do not merely please those who read them.
(a) Poems.
(b) Stories.
(c) Books.
(d) Myths.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Whitman sits and looks out into the world, he sees all the __________ and the agony without end.

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

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

4. What does Whitman say that one should hold up sternly in order for it to send something back?

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

(see the answer key)

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