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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 37-40.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator describes the judge in Section 26 as “with hands tight to the desk, his pallid lips pronouncing” what?
(a) “A life-sentence.”
(b) “A death-sentence.”
(c) “A minimum sentence.”
(d) “Community service.”

2. The narrator states “Now I will do nothing but” what, in the opening of Section 26?
(a) “Yell.”
(b) “Wonder.”
(c) “Listen.”
(d) “Stare.”

3. What does the narrator call those on guard when he tells them to “Look to your arms!” in Section 37?
(a) Whiners.
(b) Fibbers.
(c) Laggards.
(d) Mockers.

4. To whom does the poet say “I might tell how I like you, but cannot” in Section 40?
(a) “Dog or cat.”
(b) “Child or adult.”
(c) “Man or woman.”
(d) “Human or spirit.”

5. Who does the narrator ask in Section 13, “What is it that you express in your eyes?”
(a) The goats.
(b) The oxen.
(c) The cows.
(d) The horses.

Short Answer Questions

1. The poet says in Section 25, “Dazzling and tremendous how quick the sun-rise would kill me, if I could not now and always” do what?

2. To what does the narrator say in Section 40, “You seem to look for something at my hands”?

3. The narrator claims in Section 14, “What is commonest, cheapest, nearest, easiest, is” what?

4. What color, in addition to green, is considered the “tufted crown intentional” by the narrator in Section 13?

5. “Words” are described as being as “simple as” what, in Section 39?

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