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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 did Whitman used to pull up from the water when he lived in his hometown during the summer months?
(a) Seaweed.
(b) Fish traps.
(c) Netting.
(d) Lobster pots.

2. What is the title of the poem which begins "forms, qualities, lives, humanity, language, thoughts...."?
(a) Truths.
(b) Notions.
(c) Ideas.
(d) Germs.

3. Who does Whitman answer for when he takes the young man's hands in his own?
(a) His brother.
(b) God.
(c) His mother.
(d) His sister.

4. Where does Whitman say there are beautiful hills which should be recognized as such?
(a) Maine.
(b) Brooklyn.
(c) Amsterdam.
(d) North Carolina.

5. What color is the halo in the sky, drooping upon the sea in the description of the water?
(a) Brown.
(b) Green.
(c) Black.
(d) Blue.

Short Answer Questions

1. ___________ are able to convey nature, enjoy materialism, become orators, and create from their own experiences.

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

3. Whitman addresses other countries who are striving to prove the puzzle of America, the athletic ______________.

4. "And there is ______ to us of all that has ever come of races and days, or ever will come."

5. Whitman believes there is terrible doubt in _____________, there is uncertainty and the possibility of being deluded.

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