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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With another man, Whitman writes, he dilates and fuses the immortal laws and makes himself by them the _______ unto himself.
(a) Truth.
(b) Love.
(c) Honor.
(d) Law.

2. Underneath all of the mysticism, what does Whitman say that he sees in the man for his comrade?
(a) Love.
(b) Strength.
(c) Honor.
(d) Hope.

3. What has been named with can not be countermanded in struggles and in wars?
(a) Truth.
(b) Death.
(c) Birth.
(d) Goal.

4. What carry the filaments of the news of wars, deaths, losses, gains, passions, and of race?
(a) Pigeons.
(b) Breezes.
(c) Phones.
(d) Telegraphs.

5. Whitman believes himself to be as trustful to his poems as a father is to his _______________.
(a) Wife.
(b) Family.
(c) Children.
(d) Home.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Whitman not want to shut their proud doors to him, as stated in a poem of that same idea?

2. To what state does Whitman promise to know very well after traveling to it?

3. Whitman believes that the words of true ________ do not merely please those who read them.

4. What is the city of orgies, according to Whitman's poem of the same name?

5. From Whitman's breast, he says that he has concealed confession drops. What color are these drops?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is one of the main criticisms of Whitman's poetry, as these graphic images come up in the poems quite frequently?

2. What does Whitman describe when he is talking about the experiences of his body in relation to another's body?

3. Where was Whitman born, and how does that place affect him?

4. What is Whitman's stance on how he views individual people and who they are, an opinion which is repeated frequently?

5. What does Whitman have to say about the pain of loving a man or a woman in great excess?

6. What are some of the features of the Paumanok area of Long Island which makes the area special to Whitman?

7. What does Whitman proclaim about nature when he is talking about nature in this first section ?

8. What does Whitman think about seeing the world through someone else's eyes, even if it is through the eyes of a poet?

9. What does Whitman state about the idea of what happens after death, though he is still unsure?

10. How does Whitman describe the touches of the lover as they are making love in the grass with each other?

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