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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator calls out to “beat the gong of” what, in Section 23?
(a) “Revolt.”
(b) “Submission.”
(c) “Failure.”
(d) “Victory.”

2. What archaic word in Section 31 refers to an ant?
(a) Pismire.
(b) Concubine.
(c) Amoeba.
(d) Scquttle.

3. What “impassive” objects “receive and return so many echoes,” according to the narrator in Section 8?
(a) “Trees.”
(b) “Clouds.”
(c) “Swamps.”
(d) “Stones.”

4. What question does the narrator say a child asked in Section 6?
(a) “What is the grass?”
(b) “Where are the turtles?”
(c) “Who are the birds?”
(d) “When will summer come?”

5. What does the narrator say he does “alone far in the wilds and mountains” in Section 10?
(a) Ponders.
(b) Fishes.
(c) Hunts.
(d) Prays.

Short Answer Questions

1. The poet says in Section 31, “In vain the buzzard houses herself with” what?

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

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 20, “In all people I see” what?

5. The narrator claims in Section 20, “I laugh at what you call” what?

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