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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 29-32.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many “young men bathe by the shore,” according to the narrator in Section 11?
(a) 6.
(b) 28.
(c) 15.
(d) 20.

2. What word does the poet describe as “a word of the modern” in Section 23?
(a) “Weaponry.”
(b) “En-Masse.”
(c) “Tribulation.”
(d) “Atomic bomb.”

3. The narrator claims in Section 32, “I think I could turn and live with animals, they’re so placid and” what?
(a) “Aware.”
(b) “Wise.”
(c) “Self-contain’d.”
(d) “Patient.”

4. What does the narrator say that seeing “at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books” in Section 24?
(a) “A morning-glory.”
(b) “A pansy.”
(c) “A sunflower.”
(d) “A puppy.”

5. The narrator describes “the little one” as sleeping where in the opening of Section 8?
(a) “Its cradle.”
(b) “The bathtub.”
(c) “The bed.”
(d) “A basket.”

Short Answer Questions

1. The poet claims in Section 21 that “it is as great to be a woman as to be a man,” and that “there is nothing greater than” what?

2. From where does the narrator describe following the movements of the men with sledges and hammers in the end of Section 12?

3. In the conclusion of Section 6, the narrator states that “to die is different from what any one supposed, and” what?

4. The narrator asserts in Section 31 that “the narrowest hinge in my hand puts to scorn all” what?

5. What word from Section 5 refers to a beam fastened to the keel of a vessel for strength?

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