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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 is the one thing that Whitman says the President has not learned of during his life so far?
(a) Honor.
(b) Justice.
(c) Nature.
(d) Bravery.

2. Whitman is clear that he is giving his spirit to ___________, though he does not mention him by name.
(a) Christ.
(b) Jehovah.
(c) Satan.
(d) Buddha.

3. As people walk down the street, their ________ convey more than their words ever could, according to Whitman.
(a) Arms.
(b) Faces.
(c) Hands.
(d) Feet.

4. What does Whitman say that one should hold up sternly in order for it to send something back?
(a) Feather.
(b) Parchment.
(c) Boat.
(d) Hand mirror.

5. What causes Whitman to wander noiselessly and to bend over other sleepers, wandering and confused?
(a) Insomnia.
(b) Nightly visions.
(c) Stealth.
(d) Sickness.

Short Answer Questions

1. _________ sprouts push through the snow, helping to reveal the coming of Spring and of the month of March.

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

3. Whitman includes a series of poems which pertain to forms of education from questions posed to _______ to tests and judgement.

4. What are NOT one of the images of people who sleep well, which Whitman includes in his poems for comparison?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. To whom does Whitman appear to give his spirit to, though this person is never mentioned by name in a poem?

2. What does the song have to include in itself in order to be considered universal?

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

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

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

6. Why does the young man ring the ocean bell when he is steering the boat during the treacherous weather?

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

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

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

10. What does the poem "Passage to India" have to share about this country and about its progress in the world?

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