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

2. Which sort of bird caused Whitman to stop and open listen to it opening its throat and joyfully singing?
(a) Song dove.
(b) He-bird.
(c) She-bird.
(d) Robin.

3. Who does Whitman see eating the bread of his last supper in the midst of youths and old persons?
(a) A death row inmate.
(b) Mary.
(c) Christ.
(d) A homeless man.

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

5. Who does Whitman say the person in the poem "Europe" was paid to do?
(a) Cross the water.
(b) Leave the land untouched.
(c) Write the poems.
(d) Defile the People.

Short Answer Questions

1. With another man, Whitman writes, he dilates and fuses the immortal laws and makes himself by them the _______ unto himself.

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

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

4. Who does Whitman want to kiss him, to touch him on the lips as he touches those he loves?

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

(see the answer key)

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