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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what time of the day is the soul allowed to be most free, according to Whitman in his own findings?
(a) Midnight.
(b) Dawn.
(c) Dusk.
(d) Noon.

2. For how many years in Manhattan has Whitman watched the parades of soldiers through the city?
(a) Forty.
(b) Thirty.
(c) Ten.
(d) Twenty.

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

4. What are NOT one of the images of people who sleep well, which Whitman includes in his poems for comparison?
(a) Bodies on battlefields.
(b) A child in its mother's arms.
(c) A gay couple.
(d) Married couples.

5. What occurs once at sunrise and once at sunset, according to Whitman as he describes nature?
(a) A fading light.
(b) A brightening light.
(c) A musical call.
(d) Nothing.

6. The child and her father are looking in the _____ at the autumn skin in "On the Beach at Night."
(a) East.
(b) West.
(c) South.
(d) North.

7. What is the one thing that Whitman says the President has not learned of during his life so far?
(a) Honor.
(b) Bravery.
(c) Nature.
(d) Justice.

8. When Whitman talks about Christianity, with whom does he commiserate within his poems on the topic?
(a) Mary.
(b) Joseph.
(c) Jesus.
(d) Peter.

9. Whitman says that he often looks up at the perfect __________ of the stars during walks in the night.
(a) Honor.
(b) Silence.
(c) Glow.
(d) Truth.

10. The metaphor of __________ is used in relation to the plowman, tilling to life, while the harvester harvests in the end.
(a) Birth.
(b) Cycles.
(c) Regeneration.
(d) Death.

11. Who asks Whitman to sing a song that no poet has yet to have chanted?
(a) Muse.
(b) The grass.
(c) A flower.
(d) God.

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

13. Whitman says that not a disembodied _________ can the weapons of tyrants let loose, but it stalks invisibly.
(a) Poem.
(b) Spirit.
(c) Song.
(d) Truth.

14. What does Whitman say was the year of struggle, the year when no dainty rhymes or sentimental loves verses were written?
(a) 1821.
(b) 1841.
(c) 1851.
(d) 1861.

15. ___________ are able to convey nature, enjoy materialism, become orators, and create from their own experiences.
(a) Politicians.
(b) Teachers.
(c) Women.
(d) Mediums.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whitman is clear that he is giving his spirit to ___________, though he does not mention him by name.

2. Which is the ancient country which Whitman seems to think is progressing into the future, much in the same way as America?

3. Who does Whitman say the person in the poem "Europe" was paid to do?

4. At the time of freedom, the soul can emerge fully and ponder the _________ one loves best.

5. What does Whitman say that he will expose when he runs his furrow with his plough and press his spade through the sod?

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