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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. In what state did Whitman see the live-oak growing, and named a poem after this occurrence?
(a) Maryland.
(b) Delaware.
(c) Maine.
(d) Louisiana.

2. What rose before Whitman when he was pondering his poetry in silence in this book?
(a) Phantom.
(b) Sun.
(c) Water.
(d) Grass.

3. Whitman raises a _____________ hand to all who he mentions in his poem, making the signal to remain after him.
(a) Shaking.
(b) Closed.
(c) Open.
(d) Perpendicular.

4. Whitman points out that it is not on the reader that they alone have ___________ which fall on them
(a) Dark patches.
(b) Trust.
(c) Anger.
(d) Pain.

5. Whitman believes there is terrible doubt in _____________, there is uncertainty and the possibility of being deluded.
(a) Nature.
(b) Children.
(c) Government.
(d) Appearances.

Short Answer Questions

1. It is the engineer's joy to go with the _____________ in his days.

2. What is permanent, lurking there within the body, the only purport of thous art, the real I myself?

3. Whitman says he will make a true ________ which will earn for the body and mind whatever sticks and does not droop in death.

4. Who is singing the varied carols which Whitman can hear as mentioned in a poem which reveals the answer?

5. Which sort of bird caused Whitman to stop and open listen to it opening its throat and joyfully singing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Whitman reveal about a lover who spoke of acceptance within one of his poems?

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

3. What does Whitman describe his understanding of Adam's first experience when walking in the Garden of Eden?

4. Why does Whitman warn the readers about the dangers of religion and those who are enamored of it?

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

6. What are some of the poet's feelings about the idea of mortality, according to the poems he writes?

7. What does Whitman try to do for himself, instead of being completely engrossed by one belief system?

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

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

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

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