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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 21-24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the opening of Section 20, the narrator says, “Who goes there? Hankering, gross, mystical” and what?
(a) “Forbidden.”
(b) “Pure.”
(c) “Nude.”
(d) “Wild.”

2. The poet claims in Section 21 that “it is as great to be a woman as to be a man,” and that “there is nothing greater than” what?
(a) “The owner of the animals.”
(b) “The father of children.”
(c) “The cousin of the animals.”
(d) “The mother of men.”

3. The narrator asserts in Section 20, “I know this orbit of mine cannot be swept by” what?
(a) “A carpenter’s compass.”
(b) “A witch’s broom.”
(c) “The winds of time.”
(d) “The moon’s rays.”

4. The narrator states in Section 7, “Undrape! You are not guilty to me, nor stale nor” what?
(a) “Hated.”
(b) “Discarded.”
(c) “Ignored.”
(d) “Forgotten.”

5. The narrator compares months to what in Section 20?
(a) Oceans.
(b) Canyons.
(c) Vacuums.
(d) Earthquakes.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator of the poem claims in Section 1 that “what I assume you shall” what?

2. How many horses is “the negro” driving in Section 13?

3. What character is “sold at the auction-stand” in Section 15?

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

5. How is the girl described that accompanies the youngster “up the bushy hill” in Section 8?

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