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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The narrator describes the judge in Section 26 as “with hands tight to the desk, his pallid lips pronouncing” what?
(a) “A death-sentence.”
(b) “Community service.”
(c) “A life-sentence.”
(d) “A minimum sentence.”

3. What does the poet say he opens at night to “see the far-sprinkled systems” in Section 45?
(a) A telescope.
(b) A scuttle.
(c) A prism.
(d) A pismire.

4. Section 45 begins, “O span of youth! Ever-push’d” what?
(a) “Adolescence!”
(b) “Elasticity!”
(c) “Boundaries!”
(d) “Discovery!”

5. What does the narrator call those on guard when he tells them to “Look to your arms!” in Section 37?
(a) Laggards.
(b) Mockers.
(c) Fibbers.
(d) Whiners.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does the narrator say in Section 49, “I reckon you are the leavings of many deaths”?

2. Who does the “red girl” marry in Section 10?

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?

4. The poet states in Section 27, “I merely stir, press, feel with my fingers, and am” what?

5. Who is described as the son of Kronos in Section 41?

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