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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 does Whitman describe as sitting in the middle of the prison and causing a scene?
(a) A mystic.
(b) A child.
(c) A priest.
(d) A woman singer.

2. Who does Whitman say that is is close with, murmuring alike reproachfully rolling sands and drift?
(a) Oceans.
(b) Forests.
(c) Children.
(d) Rivers.

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

4. What rose before Whitman when he was pondering his poetry in silence in this book?
(a) Phantom.
(b) Sun.
(c) Water.
(d) Grass.

5. Who does Whitman see eating the bread of his last supper in the midst of youths and old persons?
(a) Christ.
(b) A death row inmate.
(c) A homeless man.
(d) Mary.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whitman ponders where he actually knows anything of his own ________ as he thinks about the biography of another.

2. When Whitman sits and looks out into the world, he sees all the __________ and the agony without end.

3. Who does Whitman not want to shut their proud doors to him, as stated in a poem of that same idea?

4. Who leaves natural breaths, the sounds of rains and winds, calls as the birds and animals in the woods?

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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