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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whitman ponders where he actually knows anything of his own ________ as he thinks about the biography of another.
(a) Needs.
(b) History.
(c) Message.
(d) Life.

2. Who asks Whitman to sing a song that no poet has yet to have chanted?
(a) The grass.
(b) Muse.
(c) A flower.
(d) God.

3. The ___________ cheerfully braves the winter, says Whitman when he addresses this group, the snow and ice welcoming him.
(a) Canadian.
(b) Alaskan.
(c) Kanadian.
(d) Delawarean.

4. What causes Whitman to wander noiselessly and to bend over other sleepers, wandering and confused?
(a) Nightly visions.
(b) Insomnia.
(c) Stealth.
(d) Sickness.

5. "Carry me when you go forth over land or sea; For thus merely ______________ you is enough, is best."
(a) Feeling.
(b) Touching.
(c) Breathing.
(d) Knowing.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Whitman talks about Christianity, with whom does he commiserate within his poems on the topic?

2. How old is Whitman at the time of his writing his poems, noting this in his poems and that he is in good health?

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

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

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

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