View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whitman says that he sings the songs of the glory of ___________, not God.
(a) Words.
(b) Earth.
(c) None.
(d) Nature.

2. How does Whitman spell Canada when he uses the name in the poem, "On Journeys through the States"?
(a) Kunada.
(b) Kanada.
(c) Kanuda.
(d) Canada.

3. Whitman finds he is larger and better than he thought. He did not know he held so much ___________.
(a) Understanding.
(b) Goodness.
(c) Truth.
(d) Wisdom.

4. What is forever and ever, longer than soil is brown and solid, longer than water ebbs and flows?
(a) Religion.
(b) Soul.
(c) Family.
(d) Faith.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. During this section of the poems, what age does Whitman profess to being?

2. What will Whitman plant as thick as trees along all the rivers of America and along the shores of all the great lakes?

3. Underneath all of the mysticism, what does Whitman say that he sees in the man for his comrade?

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

5. What carry the filaments of the news of wars, deaths, losses, gains, passions, and of race?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 224 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample