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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 26-36.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the time of freedom, the soul can emerge fully and ponder the _________ one loves best.
(a) Animals.
(b) Truth.
(c) Themes.
(d) Silence.

2. Who is singing the varied carols which Whitman can hear as mentioned in a poem which reveals the answer?
(a) Men.
(b) Criminals.
(c) America.
(d) Canada.

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

4. Whitman says that not a disembodied _________ can the weapons of tyrants let loose, but it stalks invisibly.
(a) Song.
(b) Poem.
(c) Truth.
(d) Spirit.

5. For how many years in Manhattan has Whitman watched the parades of soldiers through the city?
(a) Forty.
(b) Thirty.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Ten.

Short Answer Questions

1. ___________ are able to convey nature, enjoy materialism, become orators, and create from their own experiences.

2. Who does Whitman describe as sitting in the middle of the prison and causing a scene?

3. Walt Whitman hears the rhythmic myths of the ____________, the strong legends of the Romans.

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

5. What does Whitman say the man is now that he has tears in his face at the sight of the waters?

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