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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Whitman say the man is now that he has tears in his face at the sight of the waters?
(a) Child.
(b) Teen.
(c) Woman.
(d) Baby.

3. "And there is ______ to us of all that has ever come of races and days, or ever will come."
(a) Spirit.
(b) Voice.
(c) Color.
(d) Meaning.

4. "You furnish your parts toward eternity, Great or small, you furnish your parts toward the ________."
(a) End.
(b) Truth.
(c) Soul.
(d) Answer.

5. Walt Whitman sees _______ exhaling from unexplored countries and savage types with bows and arrows.
(a) Stories.
(b) Ghosts.
(c) Vapors.
(d) Myths.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose self does Whitman sing when he begins his collection of poems in this particular book?

2. What color is the halo in the sky, drooping upon the sea in the description of the water?

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

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

5. To whom is Whitman referring when he talks about the estuary which enlarges and spread itself grandly in the great sea?

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