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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. Where does Whitman stop in order to satisfy his curiosity about what is inside?
(a) The Farm.
(b) City Dead House.
(c) The Congress.
(d) The hospital.

2. What will return as the ocean of life begins to ebb away from the shore, according to Whitman?
(a) Flow.
(b) Light
(c) Green.
(d) Sand.

3. At the time of freedom, the soul can emerge fully and ponder the _________ one loves best.
(a) Silence.
(b) Truth.
(c) Animals.
(d) Themes.

4. When Whitman talks about Christianity, with whom does he commiserate within his poems on the topic?
(a) Jesus.
(b) Mary.
(c) Peter.
(d) Joseph.

5. What is the powerful machine which is moving through the snow with its vapor-pennants tinged with delicate purple?
(a) Car.
(b) Locomotive.
(c) Wagon.
(d) Steam engine.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What causes Whitman to wander noiselessly and to bend over other sleepers, wandering and confused?

3. The metaphor of __________ is used in relation to the plowman, tilling to life, while the harvester harvests in the end.

4. What is the one thing that Whitman says the President has not learned of during his life so far?

5. To whom is Whitman referring when he talks about the estuary which enlarges and spread itself grandly in the great sea?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Whitman wish he had the chance to do for the United States as it makes its impact in the world?

2. What does Whitman question about the world when he sees the felons being shackled and held in the court?

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

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

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

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

7. To whom does Whitman compare the country of old Ireland, in his poem to this land?

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

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

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

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