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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 33-36.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator compels the reader in Section 2 by stating, “Stop this day and night with me and you shall possess” what?
(a) “Belief in a higher power.”
(b) “The keys to humanity.”
(c) “The origin of all poems.”
(d) “All the secrets of nature.”

2. The narrator claims in Section 15, “The married and unmarried children ride home to their” what?
(a) “Thanksgiving dinner.”
(b) “Labor Day brunch.”
(c) “Christmas dinner.”
(d) “Easter dinner.”

3. 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 father of children.”
(b) “The mother of men.”
(c) “The cousin of the animals.”
(d) “The owner of the animals.”

4. Herds of what animals “make a crawling spread of the square miles far and near” in Section 33?
(a) Elk.
(b) Deer.
(c) Buffalo.
(d) Cattle.

5. The narrator combines the word “respiration” with what word in Section 2?
(a) “Inspiration.”
(b) “Desperation.”
(c) “Resignation.”
(d) “Retaliation.”

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the poet refer to as “the sound I love,” in Section 26?

2. What sound is the “wild gander” cited as calling out as he passes in Section 14?

3. The narrator asserts in Section 20, “I know this orbit of mine cannot be swept by” what?

4. The narrator claims to wear what as he pleases “indoors or out” in Section 20?

5. The narrator asks the reader in Section 2, “Have you reckon’d” how many acres?

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