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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whitman asks in his poems who may have learned the ______________ of the lessons that he has to teach.
(a) Broadness.
(b) Details.
(c) Truth.
(d) Completeness.

2. Though Whitman says he paints myriads of heads, he also says that he paints head without a ________.
(a) Golden nimbus of light.
(b) Green crown.
(c) Purple coloring.
(d) Smile.

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

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

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

6. Who does Whitman say that he does not forget, not in the summer or in the winter?
(a) Words.
(b) Children.
(c) Departed.
(d) Heroes.

7. Who does Whitman describe as being lean and sinewy with muscular legs, thinly clothed, and well trained?
(a) Runner.
(b) Pioneer.
(c) President.
(d) Teacher.

8. Who is in the curious trio with Whitman? This trio includes his _________ and his body, and himself.
(a) Soul.
(b) Gut.
(c) Eyes.
(d) Heart.

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

10. Who is sultry with perfumes, with ample and flowing garments, florid with blood, hot with passion?
(a) Mistress.
(b) Originatress.
(c) Creatrix.
(d) Mother Earth.

11. 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) India.
(c) China.
(d) Somalia.

12. What does Whitman say that Ireland once was before she leaned and became tattered on the ground?
(a) Goddess.
(b) Story.
(c) Ship.
(d) Queen.

13. ___________ asks the soul to follow into an unknown territory without a guide and without a map.
(a) Whitman.
(b) God.
(c) Buddha.
(d) Jesus.

14. What is piercing through the storm, piercing and pealing as the storm rises up?
(a) Silence.
(b) Singing.
(c) Laughter.
(d) Tears.

15. What are the felons wearing when they come into the courtroom as Whitman watches them out of curiosity?
(a) Shackles.
(b) Hats.
(c) Blue jump suits.
(d) Orange suits.

Short Answer Questions

1. Even those, Whitman says, that know unrequited ________ can sleep, as do prisoners.

2. As people walk down the street, their ________ convey more than their words ever could, according to Whitman.

3. What is the one thing that Whitman says the President has not learned of during his life so far?

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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