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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 does Whitman beckon to sound clearer in and through the atmosphere?
(a) Eyes.
(b) Throat.
(c) Poems.
(d) Birds.

2. Whitman says that he is the sworn _______ of every dauntless rebel the world over, with songs of insurrection.
(a) Poet.
(b) Chanter.
(c) Mystic.
(d) Priest.

3. What causes the soldiers to fall into step and to arm themselves?
(a) Drill sergeants.
(b) Guns.
(c) Drum taps.
(d) Enemies.

4. At what time of the day is the soul allowed to be most free, according to Whitman in his own findings?
(a) Midnight.
(b) Dawn.
(c) Noon.
(d) Dusk.

5. "And there is ______ to us of all that has ever come of races and days, or ever will come."
(a) Color.
(b) Meaning.
(c) Spirit.
(d) Voice.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Whitman say the person in the poem "Europe" was paid to do?

2. Though Whitman says he paints myriads of heads, he also says that he paints head without a ________.

3. Who does Whitman describe as sitting in the middle of the prison and causing a scene?

4. What is piercing through the storm, piercing and pealing as the storm rises up?

5. What song does Whitman hope they play as he is waiting for the show to begin in Boston?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the meteor used as a metaphor in the poem called, "Year of Meteors," which Whitman has written?

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

3. What does a muse beckon Whitman to do in the beginning of these poems in this section?

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

5. Whose philosophies does Whitman respect without any exceptions, according to the writing?

6. What is the lesson of the ebb of the ocean, according to the poem of Whitman?

7. Why is an old man in the poem "Prayers of Columbus" too full of woe, according to Whitman's poem?

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

9. Why is it sad when one of the birds in a couple dies and the other one does not know it?

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

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