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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. For what time of the year does Whitman write a warble, in the form of a poem for in the "Autumn Rivulets" section?
(a) Winter.
(b) Lilac.
(c) Spring.
(d) Autumn.

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

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

6. _________ sprouts push through the snow, helping to reveal the coming of Spring and of the month of March.
(a) New.
(b) Green.
(c) Small.
(d) Wet.

7. Whitman writes that whatever satisfies ________ is true, according to one of his poems.
(a) Words.
(b) Society.
(c) Souls.
(d) Gods.

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

9. What will return as the ocean of life begins to ebb away from the shore, according to Whitman?
(a) Flow.
(b) Green.
(c) Sand.
(d) Light

10. Who are the tan faced children who follow well in order and get their weapons ready?
(a) The Indians.
(b) His children.
(c) Slaves.
(d) The pioneers.

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

12. 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) Married couples.
(c) A gay couple.
(d) A child in its mother's arms.

13. When the child went forth, what happened to him every day? He became the ____________ he looked at.
(a) First object.
(b) First thought.
(c) First tear.
(d) First animal.

14. What kind of birds fly together, interlocking their claws and beating their wings as one in the poem Whitman includes?
(a) Eagles.
(b) Pelicans.
(c) Herons.
(d) Robins.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. The child and her father are looking in the _____ at the autumn skin in "On the Beach at Night."

4. Who does Whitman say that is is close with, murmuring alike reproachfully rolling sands and drift?

5. What does Whitman say the man is now that he has tears in his face at the sight of the waters?

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