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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Where does Whitman decide to merge with the crowd when they descend to the pavements?
(a) Boardwalk.
(b) Beach.
(c) Ice rink.
(d) Broadway.

8. Where does Whitman stop in order to satisfy his curiosity about what is inside?
(a) The Congress.
(b) City Dead House.
(c) The Farm.
(d) The hospital.

9. Who is singing the song, a husky song as the main character in the poem walks on the beach at night alone?
(a) Sister.
(b) Brother.
(c) Father.
(d) Mother.

10. Who is the man that Whitman describes as being very cute, a man who is a made man from this day?
(a) Thomas.
(b) Jonathan.
(c) Bill.
(d) George.

11. Whitman says that years of ____________ are transient and strange, though he says he too is one.
(a) Beauty.
(b) Ideas.
(c) Politicians.
(d) Meteors.

12. What is the title of the poem which begins "forms, qualities, lives, humanity, language, thoughts...."?
(a) Truths.
(b) Germs.
(c) Ideas.
(d) Notions.

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

14. Where is the good place in Boston where Whitman wants to see the show from in the morning?
(a) At the corner.
(b) At the diner.
(c) At the docks.
(d) At the church.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. _________ sprouts push through the snow, helping to reveal the coming of Spring and of the month of March.

2. What are the felons wearing when they come into the courtroom as Whitman watches them out of curiosity?

3. Though Whitman says he paints myriads of heads, he also says that he paints head without a ________.

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

5. For what time of the year does Whitman write a warble, in the form of a poem for in the "Autumn Rivulets" section?

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