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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 9-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whitman writes in Section 1 of the poem that every what “belonging to me as good belongs to you”?
(a) “Element.”
(b) “Religion.”
(c) “Atom.”
(d) “Bible.”

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

3. Which word from Section 12 means “limber” or “flexible”?
(a) Lithe.
(b) Rigid.
(c) Contralto.
(d) Articulate.

4. Who is described “with grimed and hairy chests” environing the anvil in Section 12?
(a) Carpenters.
(b) Blacksmiths.
(c) Doctors.
(d) Trappers.

5. The narrator describes being surrounded by “trippers” and what in the opening of Section 4?
(a) “Rollers.”
(b) “Askers.”
(c) “Wanderers.”
(d) “Laughers.”

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. From where does the narrator describe following the movements of the men with sledges and hammers in the end of Section 12?

3. What word from Section 5 refers to a beam fastened to the keel of a vessel for strength?

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

5. The narrator makes a statement equating stoutness with what animal in Section 3?

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