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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

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

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

5. What sort of song does Whitman say he will sing in the sixth inscription of the book's opening?
(a) Companionship.
(b) Leaves.
(c) Truth.
(d) Patriotism.

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

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

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

9. Whitman believes there is terrible doubt in _____________, there is uncertainty and the possibility of being deluded.
(a) Appearances.
(b) Children.
(c) Nature.
(d) Government.

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

11. How does Whitman spell Canada when he uses the name in the poem, "On Journeys through the States"?
(a) Canada.
(b) Kanuda.
(c) Kanada.
(d) Kunada.

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

13. What are houses and rooms full of? What are shelves crowded with according to Whitman?
(a) Truth.
(b) Perfumes.
(c) Beauty.
(d) Deceit.

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

15. What do the lovers who exit the room after the night leave over baskets, swelling the house with their plenty?
(a) Words.
(b) White towels.
(c) Money.
(d) Birds.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what state does Whitman promise to know very well after traveling to it?

2. Whitman raises a _____________ hand to all who he mentions in his poem, making the signal to remain after him.

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

4. With another man, Whitman writes, he dilates and fuses the immortal laws and makes himself by them the _______ unto himself.

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

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