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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 says in Section 25, “My voice goes after what my” what “cannot reach”?
(a) “Fingertips.”
(b) “Nose.”
(c) “Eyes.”
(d) “Lips.”

2. To what does the narrator say in Section 40, “You seem to look for something at my hands”?
(a) “Fire.”
(b) “Water.”
(c) “Wind.”
(d) “Earth.”

3. Who does the author say “embody themselves in me and I am embodied in them” at the end of Section 37?
(a) “Takers.”
(b) “Saints.”
(c) “Givers.”
(d) “Askers.”

4. To whom does the narrator say the sentries have left him helpless in Section 28?
(a) “The devil.”
(b) “A cutthroat gambler.”
(c) “God.”
(d) “A red marauder.”

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What sound is the “wild gander” cited as calling out as he passes in Section 14?

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

3. 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?

4. What does the poet refer to as “the sound I love,” in Section 26?

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

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