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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 addresses the reader in "To You," telling the reader he fears they are walking the walks of _____________.
(a) Armies.
(b) Pain.
(c) Dreams.
(d) Clouds.

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

3. Who is singing the song, a husky song as the main character in the poem walks on the beach at night alone?
(a) Sister.
(b) Mother.
(c) Brother.
(d) Father.

4. What does Whitman say that one should hold up sternly in order for it to send something back?
(a) Boat.
(b) Parchment.
(c) Hand mirror.
(d) Feather.

5. Where did Whitman say that he sat studying the older times of American? The feet of ___________.
(a) Jesus.
(b) Mary.
(c) The great masters.
(d) God.

Short Answer Questions

1. Even those, Whitman says, that know unrequited ________ can sleep, as do prisoners.

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

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

4. Whitman writes that whatever satisfies ________ is true, according to one of his poems.

5. At what time of the day is the soul allowed to be most free, according to Whitman in his own findings?

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