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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. Though Whitman says he paints myriads of heads, he also says that he paints head without a ________.
(a) Golden nimbus of light.
(b) Smile.
(c) Purple coloring.
(d) Green crown.

2. Who does Whitman say that he does not forget, not in the summer or in the winter?
(a) Departed.
(b) Children.
(c) Heroes.
(d) Words.

3. What does Whitman say that he will expose when he runs his furrow with his plough and press his spade through the sod?
(a) Foul meat.
(b) Dirt.
(c) Vegetables.
(d) Roots.

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

5. Whitman appears to have some sort of connection to _________ and to prostitutes, trying to understand them.
(a) Missionaries.
(b) Farmers.
(c) Felons.
(d) Beggars.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is sultry with perfumes, with ample and flowing garments, florid with blood, hot with passion?

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

4. What color is the halo in the sky, drooping upon the sea in the description of the water?

5. Who is the man that Whitman describes as being very cute, a man who is a made man from this day?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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