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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Whitman stop in order to satisfy his curiosity about what is inside?
(a) The Farm.
(b) City Dead House.
(c) The Congress.
(d) The hospital.

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

3. Who leaves natural breaths, the sounds of rains and winds, calls as the birds and animals in the woods?
(a) The birds.
(b) Red aborigines.
(c) The Gods.
(d) The mothers.

4. Who is singing the varied carols which Whitman can hear as mentioned in a poem which reveals the answer?
(a) America.
(b) Criminals.
(c) Canada.
(d) Men.

5. Whitman appears to have some sort of connection to _________ and to prostitutes, trying to understand them.
(a) Farmers.
(b) Felons.
(c) Beggars.
(d) Missionaries.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Whitman say the person in the poem "Europe" was paid to do?

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

3. Whitman believes that all heroic deeds were conceived in __________, as are all free poems.

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

5. The poem "As Time Draws Nigh" is a poem about the death of ___________ and about how there is no way to tell what happens after.

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