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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the poet in Section 30, “All truths wait in” what?
(a) “Due time.”
(b) “All things.”
(c) “Balls of lies.”
(d) “Clouds of mystery.”

2. What are described as “making a rush for my veins” in Section 28?
(a) “Flames and ether.”
(b) “Curtains of gold.”
(c) “Winds of worry.”
(d) “Chariots of fire.”

3. The poet describes outbidding what “old cautious” characters in Section 41?
(a) Visionaries.
(b) Sailors.
(c) Scuttlers.
(d) Hucksters.

4. The poet describes “considering a curl of smoke or a hair on the back of my hand just as curious as any” what, in Section 41?
(a) “Woman.”
(b) “Child.”
(c) “Bible.”
(d) “Revelation.”

5. 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) “Chivalry.”
(c) “Appreciation.”
(d) “Learning.”

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

7. What creature “in his tough pimples sleeps by the bayou” in Section 33?
(a) The alligator.
(b) The owl.
(c) The wild boar.
(d) The frog.

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

9. The narrator claims in Section 32, “I think I could turn and live with animals, they’re so placid and” what?
(a) “Aware.”
(b) “Self-contain’d.”
(c) “Patient.”
(d) “Wise.”

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

11. What animal is “searching for roots or honey” in Section 33?
(a) The wolf.
(b) The badger.
(c) The porcupine.
(d) The black bear.

12. The narrator states “Now I will do nothing but” what, in the opening of Section 26?
(a) “Wonder.”
(b) “Stare.”
(c) “Yell.”
(d) “Listen.”

13. What does the poet refer to as “the sound I love,” in Section 26?
(a) “The sound of the baby’s sigh.”
(b) “The sound of the howling wind.”
(c) “The sound of the cooing dove.”
(d) “The sound of the human voice.”

14. Who does the author say “embody themselves in me and I am embodied in them” at the end of Section 37?
(a) “Askers.”
(b) “Givers.”
(c) “Takers.”
(d) “Saints.”

15. What is referred to as “a chef-d’oeuvre for the highest” in Section 31?
(a) “The flying fish.”
(b) “The tree-toad.”
(c) “The water bird.”
(d) “The ground squirrel.”

Short Answer Questions

1. Of animals, the poet says in Section 32, “Not one is dissatisfied, not one is demented with the mania of” what?

2. Who is described with the line, “Wherever he goes men and women accept and desire him” in Section 39?

3. What “is miracle enough to stagger sextillions of infidels,” in Section 31?

4. What archaic word in Section 31 refers to an ant?

5. The narrator contends that he is the teacher of what, in the opening of Section 47?

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