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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. Whitman says that he often looks up at the perfect __________ of the stars during walks in the night.
(a) Glow.
(b) Honor.
(c) Truth.
(d) Silence.

2. Who are the tan faced children who follow well in order and get their weapons ready?
(a) The pioneers.
(b) His children.
(c) Slaves.
(d) The Indians.

3. What do mediums convey when they arrive and they are successful in the United States, according to Whitman?
(a) Half truths.
(b) Gospel.
(c) Lies.
(d) Truth.

4. The child and her father are looking in the _____ at the autumn skin in "On the Beach at Night."
(a) West.
(b) East.
(c) South.
(d) North.

5. Who does Whitman describe as being lean and sinewy with muscular legs, thinly clothed, and well trained?
(a) Runner.
(b) Pioneer.
(c) President.
(d) Teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. What occurs once at sunrise and once at sunset, according to Whitman as he describes nature?

2. Who does Whitman beckon to toil on, to harvest the products even though they are not alone in the fields?

3. Who does Whitman say that he does not forget, not in the summer or in the winter?

4. As people walk down the street, their ________ convey more than their words ever could, according to Whitman.

5. Who does Whitman say that is is close with, murmuring alike reproachfully rolling sands and drift?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Whitman describe Paumanok in the spring when he writes the poem "Sea-Drift"?

2. What does Whitman ask the soul to do in the poems about addressing the idea of mortality?

3. To what are the tides of the ocean compared to in life, according to the poems of Whitman?

4. What is the procession of the people into the theater, one of many on Broadway, used as a metaphor for in "A Broadway Pageant"?

5. What does Whitman point out happens no matter how many advancements science has made?

6. What is an endless source of inspiration for poetry, according to the poems which the poet has created?

7. Why does Whitman pay homage to the young pioneers who forged ahead to find homes for themselves?

8. Who are the phantoms to which Whitman refers in his poems about love being lost?

9. What are some of the signs of spring that Whitman lists in the poem, "Warble for Lilac-Time"?

10. What happens to the summer rains, according to Whitman's poem "Autumn Rivulets"?

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