View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of animals, the poet says in Section 32, “Not one is dissatisfied, not one is demented with the mania of” what?
(a) “Religious boundaries.”
(b) “Loving peace.”
(c) “Owning things.”
(d) “Earning a wage.”

2. To what does the narrator say “I resign myself to you also” in the beginning of Section 21?
(a) “You canyon!”
(b) “You sea!”
(c) “You desert!”
(d) “You forest!”

3. The narrator claims in Section 20, “I laugh at what you call” what?
(a) “Sacred.”
(b) “Wealth.”
(c) “Progress.”
(d) “Dissolution.”

4. According to the poet in Section 31, what “would adorn the parlors of heaven”?
(a) “White roses.”
(b) “The running blackberry.”
(c) “Alpine strawberries.”
(d) “Orange tulips.”

5. How does the poet describe the summer night in Section 21?
(a) “Rich with water summer night.”
(b) “Pulsing gray summer night.”
(c) “Hot sweaty summer night.”
(d) “Mad naked summer night.”

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator asserts in Section 20, “In all people I see” what?

2. The poet says in Section 31 that he believes what “is no less than the journey-work of the stars”?

3. Who is described “with grimed and hairy chests” environing the anvil in Section 12?

4. What does the butcher-boy put off, according to the narrator in Section 12?

5. What word from Section 6 refers to a figure or symbol with a hidden meaning?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 226 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample