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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The poet says in Section 44, “I am an acme of things accomplish’d, and I am an enclose of” what?
(a) “Things to be.”
(b) “Things forgotten.”
(c) “The impossible.”
(d) “Things remembered.”

2. The poet proclaims in Section 42, “This is the city and I am one of the” what?
(a) “Caretakers.”
(b) “Citizens.”
(c) “Leaders.”
(d) “Children.”

3. What “is miracle enough to stagger sextillions of infidels,” in Section 31?
(a) “A butterfly.”
(b) “A hummingbird.”
(c) “A penguin.”
(d) “A mouse.”

4. “Words” are described as being as “simple as” what, in Section 39?
(a) “Flowers.”
(b) “Grass.”
(c) “Stars.”
(d) “Rocks.”

5. Who is described as the grandson of Kronos in Section 41?
(a) Odin.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Hercules.
(d) Midas.

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

7. The narrator claims in Section 73, “Not a youngster is taken for” what, “but I go up too, and am tried and sentenced”?
(a) “Heresy.”
(b) “Larceny.”
(c) “Adultery.”
(d) “Bigotry.”

8. What is described as “the cataract falling like a veil over my countenance” in Section 33?
(a) Niagara.
(b) The Nile.
(c) Bridal Veil Falls.
(d) The Atlantic Ocean.

9. The poet claims in Section 48 that “whoever walks a furlong without” what “walks to his own funeral drest in his shroud”?
(a) “Sympathy.”
(b) “Appreciation.”
(c) “Learning.”
(d) “Chivalry.”

10. What creature “is whistling betwixt the woods and the wheatlot” in Section 33?
(a) The quail.
(b) The hawk.
(c) The finch.
(d) The pheasant.

11. What are “projected masculine, full-sized and golden” in Section 29?
(a) “Sunsets.”
(b) “Planets.”
(c) “Sunrises.”
(d) “Landscapes.”

12. Who is described as the son of Kronos in Section 41?
(a) Odin.
(b) Midas.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Hercules.

13. Which of the five senses does the narrator address in Section 29?
(a) “Smell.”
(b) “Touch.”
(c) “Sound.”
(d) “Taste.”

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

15. The poet says in Section 46, “No friend of mine takes his ease” where?
(a) “On my land.”
(b) “In my bed.”
(c) “In my chair.”
(d) “On my porch.”

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal is “searching for roots or honey” in Section 33?

2. To what does the narrator say in Section 40, “You seem to look for something at my hands”?

3. The poet describes coming again upon the earth after how many years in Section 43?

4. What sound is described as emanating from flames in Section 26?

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

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