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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 41-44.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What creature “is whistling betwixt the woods and the wheatlot” in Section 33?
(a) The finch.
(b) The pheasant.
(c) The quail.
(d) The hawk.

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) “Easter dinner.”
(d) “Christmas dinner.”

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

4. What question does the narrator say a child asked in Section 6?
(a) “Where are the turtles?”
(b) “What is the grass?”
(c) “When will summer come?”
(d) “Who are the birds?”

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In describing his body in Section 3, the narrator claims, “Not an inch nor a particle of an inch is” what?

4. The narrator asserts in Section 21, “I am not the poet of goodness only, I do not decline to be the poet of” what also?

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

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