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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Whitman profess to folding in every leaf of his poetry in order to celebrate the sea?
(a) Dogs.
(b) Sea serpents.
(c) Poets.
(d) Mariners.

2. Whitman is not only considering the idea of death, but also of chanting the chant of ___________.
(a) Truth.
(b) Allegiance.
(c) Battles.
(d) Honor.

3. 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) 37.
(b) 27.
(c) 18.
(d) 28.

4. What rose before Whitman when he was pondering his poetry in silence in this book?
(a) Phantom.
(b) Sun.
(c) Grass.
(d) Water.

5. What kind of headsman stands mask'd, clothed in red, with huge legs and strong naked arms?
(a) American.
(b) Australian.
(c) Asian.
(d) European.

6. Whitman believes that the words of true ________ do not merely please those who read them.
(a) Stories.
(b) Poems.
(c) Books.
(d) Myths.

7. 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 death row inmate.
(d) A homeless man.

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

9. Who does Whitman meet in the poem, "Eidolons," passing the hues and objects of the world?
(a) Horse.
(b) Servant.
(c) Seer.
(d) Child.

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

11. What is flying aloft as the ship begins to go out into the sea in "The Ship Starting"?
(a) Ribbons.
(b) Hopes.
(c) Hands.
(d) Pennants.

12. To what does Whitman say he is near at hand with a throat to inflate itself and sing joyfully?
(a) Honor.
(b) Nature.
(c) Democracy.
(d) Ocean.

13. "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.

14. Underneath all of the mysticism, what does Whitman say that he sees in the man for his comrade?
(a) Hope.
(b) Strength.
(c) Love.
(d) Honor.

15. From Whitman's breast, he says that he has concealed confession drops. What color are these drops?
(a) Clear.
(b) Red.
(c) Blue.
(d) Green.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whitman calls the ostent evanescent the substances of a/an _________ mood or savan's studies long.

2. Who is singing the varied carols which Whitman can hear as mentioned in a poem which reveals the answer?

3. Whitman points out that it is not on the reader that they alone have ___________ which fall on them

4. What is described as never tiring, as being rude, silent, and incomprehensible at first?

5. Where does Whitman say there are beautiful hills which should be recognized as such?

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