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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 5-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator of the poem claims in Section 1 that “what I assume you shall” what?
(a) “Assume.”
(b) “Evade.”
(c) “Ignore.”
(d) “Endear.”

2. To what does the narrator say “the other I am not must not abase itself to you” in Section 5?
(a) “My scalp.”
(b) “My youth.”
(c) “My intestines.”
(d) “My soul.”

3. The narrator makes a statement equating stoutness with what animal in Section 3?
(a) A horse.
(b) A moose.
(c) A buffalo.
(d) A cow.

4. As the narrator watches “the little one” sleeping in Section 8, he silently brushes away what with his hand?
(a) Flies.
(b) Bats.
(c) Moths.
(d) Mosquitoes.

5. The narrator claims in Section 7, “I pass death with the dying and birth with the new-wash’d babe, and am not contain’d between my” what?
(a) “Tie and socks.”
(b) “Socks and belt.”
(c) “Hat and boots.”
(d) “Belt and tie.”

Short Answer Questions

1. What question does the narrator say a child asked in Section 6?

2. What “impassive” objects “receive and return so many echoes,” according to the narrator in Section 8?

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 describes being surrounded by “trippers” and what in the opening of Section 4?

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

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