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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 believes that the words of true ________ do not merely please those who read them.
(a) Books.
(b) Poems.
(c) Myths.
(d) Stories.

2. What are the felons wearing when they come into the courtroom as Whitman watches them out of curiosity?
(a) Orange suits.
(b) Hats.
(c) Shackles.
(d) Blue jump suits.

3. With another man, Whitman writes, he dilates and fuses the immortal laws and makes himself by them the _______ unto himself.
(a) Law.
(b) Truth.
(c) Love.
(d) Honor.

4. Which is the ancient country which Whitman seems to think is progressing into the future, much in the same way as America?
(a) China.
(b) Japan.
(c) India.
(d) Somalia.

5. Whitman believes there is terrible doubt in _____________, there is uncertainty and the possibility of being deluded.
(a) Children.
(b) Appearances.
(c) Government.
(d) Nature.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Whitman say that he will expose when he runs his furrow with his plough and press his spade through the sod?

2. What are NOT one of the images of people who sleep well, which Whitman includes in his poems for comparison?

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

4. Who does Whitman say that he does not forget, not in the summer or in the winter?

5. Walt Whitman sees _______ exhaling from unexplored countries and savage types with bows and arrows.

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