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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 does Whitman say the man is now that he has tears in his face at the sight of the waters?
(a) Woman.
(b) Child.
(c) Teen.
(d) Baby.

2. Who is characterized as one of the lost actors on the stage of eternal history, according to Whitman?
(a) God.
(b) General Lee.
(c) General Grant.
(d) President Lincoln.

3. Whitman believes that all heroic deeds were conceived in __________, as are all free poems.
(a) Church.
(b) The open air.
(c) God's hand.
(d) The soul.

4. From the sea of ________, Whitman says that he will collect and bring a windrow drift of weeds and shells.
(a) Belief.
(b) Patriotism.
(c) Truth.
(d) Time.

5. "Carry me when you go forth over land or sea; For thus merely ______________ you is enough, is best."
(a) Breathing.
(b) Knowing.
(c) Touching.
(d) Feeling.

Short Answer Questions

1. What will return as the ocean of life begins to ebb away from the shore, according to Whitman?

2. "You furnish your parts toward eternity, Great or small, you furnish your parts toward the ________."

3. Whitman appears to have some sort of connection to _________ and to prostitutes, trying to understand them.

4. Who leaves natural breaths, the sounds of rains and winds, calls as the birds and animals in the woods?

5. Who was the seminal warrior who surrendered to soldiers during the Florida war?

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