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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the narrator say he does “alone far in the wilds and mountains” in Section 10?
(a) Prays.
(b) Hunts.
(c) Fishes.
(d) Ponders.

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

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

5. How many “young men bathe by the shore,” according to the narrator in Section 11?
(a) 28.
(b) 20.
(c) 6.
(d) 15.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The narrator states in Section 3, “I have heard what the talkers were talking, the talk of the” what?

3. What does the narrator bring to the runaway slave when he encounters him in Section 10?

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

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

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