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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 37-40.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whitman says that years of ____________ are transient and strange, though he says he too is one.
(a) Ideas.
(b) Beauty.
(c) Meteors.
(d) Politicians.

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

3. "Carry me when you go forth over land or sea; For thus merely ______________ you is enough, is best."
(a) Feeling.
(b) Knowing.
(c) Touching.
(d) Breathing.

4. Who is the man that Whitman describes as being very cute, a man who is a made man from this day?
(a) Thomas.
(b) Bill.
(c) Jonathan.
(d) George.

5. What causes Whitman to wander noiselessly and to bend over other sleepers, wandering and confused?
(a) Nightly visions.
(b) Insomnia.
(c) Sickness.
(d) Stealth.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what state does Whitman promise to know very well after traveling to it?

2. What does Whitman blame for his inability to leave a legacy for his friends and for his loved ones?

3. Which is the ancient country which Whitman seems to think is progressing into the future, much in the same way as America?

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

5. Who is singing the varied carols which Whitman can hear as mentioned in a poem which reveals the answer?

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