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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. Walt Whitman hears the rhythmic myths of the ____________, the strong legends of the Romans.
(a) Germans.
(b) Greeks.
(c) Norse.
(d) Egyptians.

2. Where does Whitman say there are beautiful hills which should be recognized as such?
(a) North Carolina.
(b) Brooklyn.
(c) Maine.
(d) Amsterdam.

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

4. "You furnish your parts toward eternity, Great or small, you furnish your parts toward the ________."
(a) Answer.
(b) End.
(c) Soul.
(d) Truth.

5. What did Whitman once feel was impassive, ample, and spheric in nature, though he is changing his mind?
(a) Moon.
(b) Hawaii.
(c) Earth.
(d) America.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whitman expresses that he knows the __________ does not know how longingly he looked at them.

2. Walt Whitman sees _______ exhaling from unexplored countries and savage types with bows and arrows.

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

4. During this section of the poems, what age does Whitman profess to being?

5. Whitman calls the ostent evanescent the substances of a/an _________ mood or savan's studies long.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What parts of the United States structure does Whitman have a lot of respect for?

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

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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