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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 believes that in his journey, the _________ is not the only thing that is there.
(a) Trees.
(b) Road.
(c) Nature.
(d) Honor.

2. Whitman says that he was offering too long to feed his soul with __________, which was clearly not a good idea..
(a) Answers.
(b) Truths.
(c) Questions.
(d) Standards.

3. Those who are willing to got the farthest, according to Whitman, are the ones who will ___________.
(a) Write.
(b) Win.
(c) Die.
(d) Understand.

4. What are NOT one of the images of people who sleep well, which Whitman includes in his poems for comparison?
(a) A gay couple.
(b) Married couples.
(c) A child in its mother's arms.
(d) Bodies on battlefields.

5. How old is Whitman at the time of his writing his poems, noting this in his poems and that he is in good health?
(a) 18.
(b) 27.
(c) 28.
(d) 37.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whitman believes that the words of true ________ do not merely please those who read them.

3. Who is sultry with perfumes, with ample and flowing garments, florid with blood, hot with passion?

4. Whitman says it is a painful thing to ___________ someone to excess, yet the rewards are great.

5. Whitman appears to have some sort of connection to _________ and to prostitutes, trying to understand them.

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