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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 Norse god does Whitman describe in Section 41?
(a) Odin.
(b) Belus.
(c) Brahma.
(d) Osiris.

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

3. What is described as “the cataract falling like a veil over my countenance” in Section 33?
(a) Bridal Veil Falls.
(b) Niagara.
(c) The Nile.
(d) The Atlantic Ocean.

4. In the conclusion of Section 6, the narrator states that “to die is different from what any one supposed, and” what?
(a) “Luckier.”
(b) “Quicker.”
(c) “Pacifying.”
(d) “Painful.”

5. What does the narrator say that seeing “at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books” in Section 24?
(a) “A sunflower.”
(b) “A pansy.”
(c) “A morning-glory.”
(d) “A puppy.”

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator compares months to what in Section 20?

2. What “impassive” objects “receive and return so many echoes,” according to the narrator in Section 8?

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

4. The poet begins Section 41 with the statement, “I am he bringing help for the sick as they pant on their backs, And for strong upright men I bring” what?

5. The narrator calls out to “beat the gong of” what, in Section 23?

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