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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the opening of Section 20, the narrator says, “Who goes there? Hankering, gross, mystical” and what?
(a) “Nude.”
(b) “Pure.”
(c) “Wild.”
(d) “Forbidden.”

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

3. The narrator claims in Section 26 that the “orchestra whirls me wider than” what?
(a) “Uranus flies.”
(b) “Canyons gape.”
(c) “Mountains rise.”
(d) “Deserts spread.”

4. What does the poet refer to as “the sound I love,” in Section 26?
(a) “The sound of the human voice.”
(b) “The sound of the howling wind.”
(c) “The sound of the cooing dove.”
(d) “The sound of the baby’s sigh.”

5. Who is described as the grandson of Kronos in Section 41?
(a) Hercules.
(b) Midas.
(c) Odin.
(d) Zeus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What instrument is described as “the young man’s heart’s complaint” in Section 26?

2. How does the poet describe the summer night in Section 21?

3. What animal is “searching for roots or honey” in Section 33?

4. Who is described “with grimed and hairy chests” environing the anvil in Section 12?

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

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