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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. To what state does Whitman promise to know very well after traveling to it?
(a) Illinois.
(b) Florida.
(c) Ohio.
(d) California.

2. Whitman hears that some people believe that he is trying to destroy ____________, which confuses him.
(a) Churches.
(b) Schools.
(c) Institutions.
(d) Libraries.

3. How does Whitman spell Canada when he uses the name in the poem, "On Journeys through the States"?
(a) Kanada.
(b) Kunada.
(c) Kanuda.
(d) Canada.

4. Who does Whitman profess to folding in every leaf of his poetry in order to celebrate the sea?
(a) Poets.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Sea serpents.
(d) Mariners.

5. Once a state is fully enslaved, according to Whitman, no nation, state, city, of the Earth can resume its ____________.
(a) Power.
(b) Liberty.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Victory.

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. What did Whitman once feel was impassive, ample, and spheric in nature, though he is changing his mind?

3. Whitman believes that in his journey, the _________ is not the only thing that is there.

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the main reason why Whitman says that he enjoys Manhattan so much during his travels there?

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

3. What is the city which Whitman admires, though not for the pageantry and the wealth that exists in this city?

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

5. What is so strange about the idea that Whitman is so fervently patriotic in the poems he has written? When was Whitman born in relation to the 'birth' of the United States?

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

7. Who are some of the groups for which Whitman seems to have a particular affection in his poems?

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

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

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

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