Leaves of Grass Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Leaves of Grass Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During this section of the poems, what age does Whitman profess to being?
(a) 37.
(b) 42.
(c) 35.
(d) 41.

2. Whitman expresses that he knows the __________ does not know how longingly he looked at them.
(a) Old woman.
(b) Blade of grass.
(c) Passing stranger.
(d) Woman.

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

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

5. Whitman calls the ostent evanescent the substances of a/an _________ mood or savan's studies long.
(a) Child's.
(b) Scientist's.
(c) Woman's.
(d) Artist's.

6. What is forever and ever, longer than soil is brown and solid, longer than water ebbs and flows?
(a) Faith.
(b) Family.
(c) Soul.
(d) Religion.

7. Whitman says that he is not sure, but the high soul of lovers welcomes _______ most.
(a) Truth.
(b) Death.
(c) Desire.
(d) Lust.

8. Whitman believes that in his journey, the _________ is not the only thing that is there.
(a) Road.
(b) Nature.
(c) Trees.
(d) Honor.

9. Who leaves natural breaths, the sounds of rains and winds, calls as the birds and animals in the woods?
(a) The birds.
(b) The Gods.
(c) The mothers.
(d) Red aborigines.

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

11. Where did Whitman say that he sat studying the older times of American? The feet of ___________.
(a) Mary.
(b) God.
(c) Jesus.
(d) The great masters.

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

13. Whitman finds he is larger and better than he thought. He did not know he held so much ___________.
(a) Goodness.
(b) Truth.
(c) Wisdom.
(d) Understanding.

14. To what state does Whitman promise to know very well after traveling to it?
(a) California.
(b) Illinois.
(c) Ohio.
(d) Florida.

15. Whitman says that he was offering too long to feed his soul with __________, which was clearly not a good idea..
(a) Answers.
(b) Standards.
(c) Truths.
(d) Questions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sort of song does Whitman say he will sing in the sixth inscription of the book's opening?

2. "Carry me when you go forth over land or sea; For thus merely ______________ you is enough, is best."

3. Who does Whitman meet in the poem, "Eidolons," passing the hues and objects of the world?

4. What carry the filaments of the news of wars, deaths, losses, gains, passions, and of race?

5. What kind of headsman stands mask'd, clothed in red, with huge legs and strong naked arms?

(see the answer keys)

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