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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) Politicians.
(b) Meteors.
(c) Ideas.
(d) Beauty.

2. 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) 28.
(c) 27.
(d) 37.

3. Who does Whitman see eating the bread of his last supper in the midst of youths and old persons?
(a) Christ.
(b) Mary.
(c) A homeless man.
(d) A death row inmate.

4. As people walk down the street, their ________ convey more than their words ever could, according to Whitman.
(a) Hands.
(b) Faces.
(c) Arms.
(d) Feet.

5. What does Whitman say goes to and fro, seeking a livelihood, chattering, and chaffering?
(a) His muse.
(b) A worker.
(c) Shadow.
(d) Soul.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is the halo in the sky, drooping upon the sea in the description of the water?

2. What did Whitman used to pull up from the water when he lived in his hometown during the summer months?

3. What is the one thing that Whitman says the President has not learned of during his life so far?

4. Whitman wonders how the real _______ can ever die and be buried in the end?

5. What song does Whitman hope they play as he is waiting for the show to begin in Boston?

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