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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 13-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is being carried in loads on the “slow-drawn wagon” in Section 9?
(a) Rice.
(b) Dried grass.
(c) Corn.
(d) Garlic.

2. The narrator claims in Section 14, “What is commonest, cheapest, nearest, easiest, is” what?
(a) “God.”
(b) “Me.”
(c) “Peter.”
(d) “William.”

3. The narrator claims to “lean and loafe at my ease observing” what, in Section 1?
(a) “A spear of summer grass.”
(b) “A blooming spring flower.”
(c) “A falling autumn leaf.”
(d) “The falling flakes of snow.”

4. How many suns does the narrator claim there are left in Section 2?
(a) Dozens.
(b) A handful.
(c) But a few.
(d) Millions.

5. What sound is the “wild gander” cited as calling out as he passes in Section 14?
(a) “Ya-honk.”
(b) “Woohoo.”
(c) “Ca-caw.”
(d) “Hee-onk.”

Short Answer Questions

1. How old does the narrator of the poem claim to be in Section 1?

2. How many horses is “the negro” driving in Section 13?

3. The narrator compels the reader in Section 2 by stating, “Stop this day and night with me and you shall possess” what?

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

5. The narrator combines the word “respiration” with what word in Section 2?

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