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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The United States is seen as ________ with equality in the eyes of their mother, according to Whitman.
(a) Cubs.
(b) Partners.
(c) Children.
(d) Eagles.

2. Who does Whitman want to kiss him, to touch him on the lips as he touches those he loves?
(a) His mother.
(b) A wave.
(c) His lover.
(d) Paumanok.

3. Which is the ancient country which Whitman seems to think is progressing into the future, much in the same way as America?
(a) Japan.
(b) Somalia.
(c) China.
(d) India.

4. What song does Whitman hope they play as he is waiting for the show to begin in Boston?
(a) Yankee Doodle.
(b) Snickerdoodle.
(c) The Great Waltz.
(d) O Pioneers.

5. Whitman says that he sings the songs of the glory of ___________, not God.
(a) Earth.
(b) None.
(c) Nature.
(d) Words.

6. What does Whitman say the man is now that he has tears in his face at the sight of the waters?
(a) Teen.
(b) Baby.
(c) Woman.
(d) Child.

7. Whitman addresses the reader in "To You," telling the reader he fears they are walking the walks of _____________.
(a) Pain.
(b) Clouds.
(c) Armies.
(d) Dreams.

8. What causes Whitman to wander noiselessly and to bend over other sleepers, wandering and confused?
(a) Stealth.
(b) Sickness.
(c) Nightly visions.
(d) Insomnia.

9. What was Whitman's voice like when he sang late in the night, according to his writing?
(a) Low.
(b) Sad.
(c) Whispered.
(d) Joyful.

10. The combination of justice and God, according to Whitman, can be blended together to make an immortal ___________.
(a) Reality.
(b) Story.
(c) Government.
(d) Armistice.

11. Whitman says that he is the sworn _______ of every dauntless rebel the world over, with songs of insurrection.
(a) Chanter.
(b) Poet.
(c) Priest.
(d) Mystic.

12. What causes the soldiers to fall into step and to arm themselves?
(a) Drum taps.
(b) Enemies.
(c) Guns.
(d) Drill sergeants.

13. Who does Whitman beckon to toil on, to harvest the products even though they are not alone in the fields?
(a) Presidents.
(b) Women.
(c) Children.
(d) Heroes.

14. As people walk down the street, their ________ convey more than their words ever could, according to Whitman.
(a) Faces.
(b) Arms.
(c) Hands.
(d) Feet.

15. Who does Whitman say the person in the poem "Europe" was paid to do?
(a) Leave the land untouched.
(b) Defile the People.
(c) Cross the water.
(d) Write the poems.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Whitman stop in order to satisfy his curiosity about what is inside?

2. For how many years in Manhattan has Whitman watched the parades of soldiers through the city?

3. What does Whitman beckon to sound clearer in and through the atmosphere?

4. Whitman appears to have some sort of connection to _________ and to prostitutes, trying to understand them.

5. Who asks Whitman to sing a song that no poet has yet to have chanted?

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