View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The narrator says in Section 34 that he will now tell what he knew in what location in early youth?
(a) Texas.
(b) Montana.
(c) Nevada.
(d) Colorado.

3. The narrator says in Section 10 that while he wanders “alone in the wilds and mountains” he is amazed at his own what?
(a) “Lightness and glee.”
(b) “Strife and terror.”
(c) “Questions and answers.”
(d) “Wonder and reverence.”

4. The poet proclaims in Section 42, “This is the city and I am one of the” what?
(a) “Caretakers.”
(b) “Leaders.”
(c) “Children.”
(d) “Citizens.”

5. How many horses is “the negro” driving in Section 13?
(a) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) 2.
(d) 8.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What archaic word in Section 31 refers to an ant?

3. The narrator describes being surrounded by “trippers” and what in the opening of Section 4?

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

5. In the final lines of Section 25, the poet claims, “Writing and talk do not prove me, I carry the plenum of proof and every thing else in my” what?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 253 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample