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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the poet address when he says in Section 49, “I think you are good manure, but that does not offend me”?
(a) “Corpse.”
(b) “Dog.”
(c) “Woman.”
(d) “Tree.”

2. The poet asks the reader in the opening of Section 35, “Would you hear of an old-time” what?
(a) “Land fight?”
(b) “Swamp fight?”
(c) “Sea-fight?”
(d) “Sky-fight?”

3. How many “young men bathe by the shore,” according to the narrator in Section 11?
(a) 15.
(b) 6.
(c) 20.
(d) 28.

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

5. 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 cooing dove.”
(c) “The sound of the howling wind.”
(d) “The sound of the baby’s sigh.”

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from Section 6 refers to a figure or symbol with a hidden meaning?

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

3. The poet tells the dying in Section 40, “I dilate you with” what?

4. The poet claims in Section 51, “I am large, I contain” what?

5. To whom does the poet say “I might tell how I like you, but cannot” in Section 40?

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