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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For how long does the narrator say the runaway slave stayed with him in Section 10?
(a) A year.
(b) A day.
(c) A month.
(d) A week.

2. What kind of boat is described “under her sky-sails” in Section 10?
(a) A Confederate frigate.
(b) A Yankee clipper.
(c) A schooner.
(d) A destroyer.

3. With whom does the narrator describe spending “that day round the chowder-kettle” in Section 10?
(a) Drunks and criminals.
(b) Farmers and ranchers.
(c) Boatsmen and clam-diggers.
(d) Bankers and businessmen.

4. The narrator states in Section 7, “Undrape! You are not guilty to me, nor stale nor” what?
(a) “Forgotten.”
(b) “Ignored.”
(c) “Discarded.”
(d) “Hated.”

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the “red girl” marry in Section 10?

2. The narrator asserts in Section 18 that “battles are lost in the same spirit in which” what?

3. What “is miracle enough to stagger sextillions of infidels,” in Section 31?

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

5. What word does the poet describe as “a word of the modern” in Section 23?

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