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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 49-52.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator asserts in Section 31 that “the narrowest hinge in my hand puts to scorn all” what?
(a) “Insects.”
(b) “Machinery.”
(c) “Civilization.”
(d) “Science.”

2. The poet states in Section 27, “I merely stir, press, feel with my fingers, and am” what?
(a) “Saddened.”
(b) “Curious.”
(c) “Happy.”
(d) “Amazed.”

3. What are described as “making a rush for my veins” in Section 28?
(a) “Flames and ether.”
(b) “Chariots of fire.”
(c) “Curtains of gold.”
(d) “Winds of worry.”

4. For how long does the narrator say the runaway slave stayed with him in Section 10?
(a) A year.
(b) A month.
(c) A week.
(d) A day.

5. What does the butcher-boy put off, according to the narrator in Section 12?
(a) “His working clothes.”
(b) “His resting clothes.”
(c) “His killing-clothes.”
(d) “His church clothes.”

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The narrator claims in Section 14, “What is commonest, cheapest, nearest, easiest, is” what?

3. Who does the author say “embody themselves in me and I am embodied in them” at the end of Section 37?

4. According to the poet in Section 30, “All truths wait in” what?

5. The narrator tells “Death, and you bitter hug or mortality” that “it is idle to try to” do what in Section 49?

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