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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 word from Section 5 refers to a beam fastened to the keel of a vessel for strength?
(a) Kelson.
(b) Jib.
(c) Rudder.
(d) Plank.

2. What word from Section 6 refers to a figure or symbol with a hidden meaning?
(a) Petroglyph.
(b) Calligraphy.
(c) Character.
(d) Hieroglyphic.

3. The poet proclaims in Section 44, “What is known I” do what to?
(a) “Step on.”
(b) “Hate.”
(c) “Strip away.”
(d) “Spit at.”

4. What archaic word in Section 31 refers to an ant?
(a) Scquttle.
(b) Concubine.
(c) Pismire.
(d) Amoeba.

5. Who is described with the line, “Wherever he goes men and women accept and desire him” in Section 39?
(a) “The ancient warrior.”
(b) “The friendly and flowing savage.”
(c) “The god of the shepherds.”
(d) “The saintly priest.”

Short Answer Questions

1. In the opening of Section 20, the narrator says, “Who goes there? Hankering, gross, mystical” and what?

2. The narrator asserts in Section 18 that “battles are lost in the same spirit in which” what?

3. What word does Whitman use in Section 43 to refer to a Mesoamerican pyramid surmounted by a temple?

4. The narrator claims in Section 33, “I am the hounded slave, I wince at the bite of” what?

5. The narrator asserts in Section 20, “In all people I see” what?

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