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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. Who does Whitman see eating the bread of his last supper in the midst of youths and old persons?
(a) A death row inmate.
(b) Christ.
(c) Mary.
(d) A homeless man.

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

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

4. Whitman believes that all heroic deeds were conceived in __________, as are all free poems.
(a) God's hand.
(b) Church.
(c) The open air.
(d) The soul.

5. To what does Whitman say he is near at hand with a throat to inflate itself and sing joyfully?
(a) Democracy.
(b) Ocean.
(c) Honor.
(d) Nature.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Whitman meet in the poem, "Eidolons," passing the hues and objects of the world?

2. Who does Whitman point out are subordinated at their tasks during "Calamus"?

3. Whose self does Whitman sing when he begins his collection of poems in this particular book?

4. What is forever and ever, longer than soil is brown and solid, longer than water ebbs and flows?

5. Whitman addresses other countries who are striving to prove the puzzle of America, the athletic ______________.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does the author feel about the idea of being present in the here and in the now?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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