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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 41-44.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator states in Section 3, “I have heard what the talkers were talking, the talk of the” what?
(a) “Chicken and the egg.”
(b) “Good and evil.”
(c) “Beginning and the end.”
(d) “Rich and the poor.”

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

3. The narrator describes “Houses and rooms” full of what in the beginning of Section 2?
(a) Rich wood.
(b) Perfumes.
(c) Paintings.
(d) Ornate carvings.

4. What “is drawn on the slip-noose” in Section 33?
(a) The ocean.
(b) The phoenix.
(c) The sun.
(d) The life-car.

5. What word from Section 5 refers to a beam fastened to the keel of a vessel for strength?
(a) Jib.
(b) Kelson.
(c) Rudder.
(d) Plank.

Short Answer Questions

1. What instrument is described as “the young man’s heart’s complaint” in Section 26?

2. Which word from Section 12 means “limber” or “flexible”?

3. What creature “in his tough pimples sleeps by the bayou” in Section 33?

4. The poet tells the dying in Section 40, “I dilate you with” what?

5. Which of the five senses does the narrator address in Section 29?

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