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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color is the water in the poem, "In Cabin'd Ships at Sea," as it moves around the boat?
(a) Green.
(b) Gray.
(c) Blue.
(d) Black.

2. 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.

3. Whose self does Whitman sing when he begins his collection of poems in this particular book?
(a) Him.
(b) One's.
(c) Those.
(d) Her.

4. Whitman says he will make a true ________ which will earn for the body and mind whatever sticks and does not droop in death.
(a) Poem.
(b) Belief.
(c) Song.
(d) Book.

5. Once a state is fully enslaved, according to Whitman, no nation, state, city, of the Earth can resume its ____________.
(a) Liberty.
(b) Victory.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Power.

6. The __________ has joy in inflating the chest, rolling the thunder of the voice, making the people rage, and leading America.
(a) Congressman.
(b) Orator.
(c) President.
(d) Lawyer.

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

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

9. Whitman believes himself to be as trustful to his poems as a father is to his _______________.
(a) Children.
(b) Family.
(c) Wife.
(d) Home.

10. The ___________ cheerfully braves the winter, says Whitman when he addresses this group, the snow and ice welcoming him.
(a) Canadian.
(b) Kanadian.
(c) Alaskan.
(d) Delawarean.

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

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

13. Whitman points out that it is not on the reader that they alone have ___________ which fall on them
(a) Pain.
(b) Trust.
(c) Anger.
(d) Dark patches.

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does Whitman say he is near at hand with a throat to inflate itself and sing joyfully?

2. Whitman believes that the words of true ________ do not merely please those who read them.

3. Whitman says that he was offering too long to feed his soul with __________, which was clearly not a good idea..

4. Who does Whitman answer for when he takes the young man's hands in his own?

5. From Whitman's breast, he says that he has concealed confession drops. What color are these drops?

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