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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is described as never tiring, as being rude, silent, and incomprehensible at first?
(a) Earth.
(b) Moon.
(c) Faith.
(d) Love.

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

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

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

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

8. What will Whitman plant as thick as trees along all the rivers of America and along the shores of all the great lakes?
(a) Shrubs.
(b) Honor.
(c) Companionship.
(d) Patriotism.

9. Which sort of bird caused Whitman to stop and open listen to it opening its throat and joyfully singing?
(a) She-bird.
(b) Robin.
(c) Song dove.
(d) He-bird.

10. What are the terrible perturbations of the suns, swelling, collapsing, and ending?
(a) Stars.
(b) Clouds.
(c) Planets.
(d) Moons.

11. What is the city of orgies, according to Whitman's poem of the same name?
(a) Manhattan.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Newark.
(d) Boston.

12. The ___________ is equal with the male according to Whitman in the first page of his poetry book?
(a) Female.
(b) Tree.
(c) Country.
(d) River.

13. Whitman realizes he was still not happen when he heard _________ and was received well at the capitol.
(a) His poem.
(b) Silence.
(c) His name.
(d) His voice.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Whitman at the time of his writing his poems, noting this in his poems and that he is in good health?

2. Who does Whitman point out are subordinated at their tasks during "Calamus"?

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

4. What rose before Whitman when he was pondering his poetry in silence in this book?

5. Whose self does Whitman sing when he begins his collection of poems in this particular book?

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