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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do mediums convey when they arrive and they are successful in the United States, according to Whitman?
(a) Gospel.
(b) Half truths.
(c) Truth.
(d) Lies.

2. The combination of justice and God, according to Whitman, can be blended together to make an immortal ___________.
(a) Story.
(b) Reality.
(c) Government.
(d) Armistice.

3. "You furnish your parts toward eternity, Great or small, you furnish your parts toward the ________."
(a) Soul.
(b) Truth.
(c) Answer.
(d) End.

4. To whom is Whitman referring when he talks about the estuary which enlarges and spread itself grandly in the great sea?
(a) Time.
(b) Old age.
(c) His father.
(d) His words.

5. What was Whitman's voice like when he sang late in the night, according to his writing?
(a) Sad.
(b) Whispered.
(c) Joyful.
(d) Low.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whitman says that years of ____________ are transient and strange, though he says he too is one.

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

3. What rose before Whitman when he was pondering his poetry in silence in this book?

4. Whitman says that he was offering too long to feed his soul with __________, which was clearly not a good idea..

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

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