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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. What did Whitman used to pull up from the water when he lived in his hometown during the summer months?
(a) Fish traps.
(b) Seaweed.
(c) Netting.
(d) Lobster pots.

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

3. What will Whitman plant as thick as trees along all the rivers of America and along the shores of all the great lakes?
(a) Companionship.
(b) Shrubs.
(c) Patriotism.
(d) Honor.

4. The ___________ is equal with the male according to Whitman in the first page of his poetry book?
(a) Tree.
(b) Country.
(c) Female.
(d) River.

5. Whitman expresses that he knows the __________ does not know how longingly he looked at them.
(a) Passing stranger.
(b) Blade of grass.
(c) Woman.
(d) Old woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Whitman consider to be dear and dreadful to the earth, as he writes in one of his poems?

2. Whitman says that he was offering too long to feed his soul with __________, which was clearly not a good idea..

3. What is NOT a word which is used to describe the poets Whitman says are still to come in the world?

4. Once a state is fully enslaved, according to Whitman, no nation, state, city, of the Earth can resume its ____________.

5. To what does Whitman say he is near at hand with a throat to inflate itself and sing joyfully?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What can be determined about Whitman's life experiences by the reading of the many poems which Whitman has crafted about the water?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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