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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. _________ sprouts push through the snow, helping to reveal the coming of Spring and of the month of March.
(a) Green.
(b) Wet.
(c) New.
(d) Small.

2. Where does Whitman stop in order to satisfy his curiosity about what is inside?
(a) The Farm.
(b) The Congress.
(c) City Dead House.
(d) The hospital.

3. Whose self does Whitman sing when he begins his collection of poems in this particular book?
(a) Those.
(b) Her.
(c) Him.
(d) One's.

4. What does Whitman say goes to and fro, seeking a livelihood, chattering, and chaffering?
(a) Soul.
(b) A worker.
(c) His muse.
(d) Shadow.

5. To what does Whitman say he is near at hand with a throat to inflate itself and sing joyfully?
(a) Nature.
(b) Ocean.
(c) Honor.
(d) Democracy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Whitman describe as being lean and sinewy with muscular legs, thinly clothed, and well trained?

2. Who are the tan faced children who follow well in order and get their weapons ready?

3. When the child went forth, what happened to him every day? He became the ____________ he looked at.

4. What is the powerful machine which is moving through the snow with its vapor-pennants tinged with delicate purple?

5. From Whitman's breast, he says that he has concealed confession drops. What color are these drops?

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