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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 color of hair does Whitman say that Ireland has now as she is changing from what she once was?
(a) White.
(b) Red.
(c) Green.
(d) Brown.

2. The ___________ is equal with the male according to Whitman in the first page of his poetry book?
(a) Female.
(b) Tree.
(c) River.
(d) Country.

3. It is the engineer's joy to go with the _____________ in his days.
(a) Track.
(b) Locomotive.
(c) Cars.
(d) Coal.

4. Who is sultry with perfumes, with ample and flowing garments, florid with blood, hot with passion?
(a) Creatrix.
(b) Mother Earth.
(c) Originatress.
(d) Mistress.

5. What is piercing through the storm, piercing and pealing as the storm rises up?
(a) Singing.
(b) Silence.
(c) Laughter.
(d) Tears.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whitman finds he is larger and better than he thought. He did not know he held so much ___________.

2. Who does Whitman answer for when he takes the young man's hands in his own?

3. Who is characterized as one of the lost actors on the stage of eternal history, according to Whitman?

4. Who does Whitman profess to folding in every leaf of his poetry in order to celebrate the sea?

5. The combination of justice and God, according to Whitman, can be blended together to make an immortal ___________.

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