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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Section 21, the poet claims, “I am the poet of the Body and I am the poet of the” what?
(a) “Earth.”
(b) “Mind.”
(c) “Animals.”
(d) “Soul.”

3. The narrator calls out to “beat the gong of” what, in Section 23?
(a) “Revolt.”
(b) “Failure.”
(c) “Victory.”
(d) “Submission.”

4. As the narrator watches “the little one” sleeping in Section 8, he silently brushes away what with his hand?
(a) Moths.
(b) Flies.
(c) Mosquitoes.
(d) Bats.

5. What character is “sold at the auction-stand” in Section 15?
(a) The quadroon girl.
(b) The Polish boy.
(c) The Mexican girl.
(d) The Asian girl.

6. The narrator of the poem claims in Section 1 that “what I assume you shall” what?
(a) “Assume.”
(b) “Ignore.”
(c) “Endear.”
(d) “Evade.”

7. For what does the narrator exclaim “Hurrah!” for in Section 23?
(a) “Politics.”
(b) “Events.”
(c) “Positive science.”
(d) “Positive emotions.”

8. Of what does the narrator say in Section 23, “it alone rounds and completes all, that mystic baffling wonder alone completes all”?
(a) “Erosion.”
(b) “Time.”
(c) “Space.”
(d) “Weather.”

9. What word from Section 5 refers to a beam fastened to the keel of a vessel for strength?
(a) Kelson.
(b) Jib.
(c) Plank.
(d) Rudder.

10. How is the girl described that accompanies the youngster “up the bushy hill” in Section 8?
(a) “Red-eyed.”
(b) “Red-headed.”
(c) “Red-faced.”
(d) “Red-skinned.”

11. The narrator makes a statement equating stoutness with what animal in Section 3?
(a) A cow.
(b) A buffalo.
(c) A moose.
(d) A horse.

12. How old does the narrator of the poem claim to be in Section 1?
(a) 44.
(b) 34.
(c) 29.
(d) 37.

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

14. What word from Section 6 refers to a figure or symbol with a hidden meaning?
(a) Calligraphy.
(b) Character.
(c) Hieroglyphic.
(d) Petroglyph.

15. The narrator compares months to what in Section 20?
(a) Oceans.
(b) Vacuums.
(c) Earthquakes.
(d) Canyons.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does the poet describe as “a word of the modern” in Section 23?

2. What instruments does the narrator describe playing in the opening of Section 18?

3. The narrator exclaims in Section 18, “Vivas to those who have” what?

4. What color shirt is “the negro” wearing in Section 13?

5. Whitman writes in Section 1 of the poem that every what “belonging to me as good belongs to you”?

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