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

2. What word from Section 6 refers to a figure or symbol with a hidden meaning?
(a) Petroglyph.
(b) Character.
(c) Hieroglyphic.
(d) Calligraphy.

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

4. The narrator asks the reader in Section 2, “Have you reckon’d” how many acres?
(a) 160.
(b) 640.
(c) 320.
(d) 1,000.

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) “Socks and belt.”
(b) “Belt and tie.”
(c) “Tie and socks.”
(d) “Hat and boots.”

Short Answer Questions

1. How many suns does the narrator claim there are left in Section 2?

2. The narrator states in Section 7, “Undrape! You are not guilty to me, nor stale nor” what?

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

4. What is described in Section 8 as sprawled “on the bloody floor of the bedroom”?

5. The narrator claims in Section 5, “I know that the hand of God is the promise of” what?

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