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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The poet says in Section 40, “To cotton-field drudge or” whom does he lean?
(a) “Cleaner of privies.”
(b) “Gutter of fish.”
(c) “Birther of animals.”
(d) “Fixer of tractors.”

3. 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?
(a) “Anchors and bridges.”
(b) “Oceans and sunlight.”
(c) “Yet more needed help.”
(d) “Craters and volumes.”

4. To what does the narrator say in Section 40, “You seem to look for something at my hands”?
(a) “Earth.”
(b) “Fire.”
(c) “Wind.”
(d) “Water.”

5. The narrator claims in Section 5, “I know that the hand of God is the promise of” what?
(a) “Salvation.”
(b) “Others.”
(c) “Good fortune.”
(d) “My own.”

Short Answer Questions

1. What adjective describes the city’s houses in the beginning of Section 33?

2. Section 17 ends with the line, “This is the common air that bathes” what?

3. The narrator claims to wear what as he pleases “indoors or out” in Section 20?

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

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

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