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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The narrator asserts in Section 31 that “the narrowest hinge in my hand puts to scorn all” what?
(a) “Insects.”
(b) “Science.”
(c) “Machinery.”
(d) “Civilization.”

3. The poet describes taking himself “the exact dimensions of” whom, in Section 41?
(a) Odin.
(b) Jehovah.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Hercules.

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

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

6. The poet describes coming again upon the earth after how many years in Section 43?
(a) 5,000.
(b) 15,000.
(c) 500.
(d) 2,500.

7. “Behavior” is described as “lawless” as what in Section 39?
(a) “Raindrops.”
(b) “Falling leaves.”
(c) “Rapid rivers.”
(d) “Snow-flakes.”

8. The narrator claims in Section 26 that the “orchestra whirls me wider than” what?
(a) “Uranus flies.”
(b) “Deserts spread.”
(c) “Mountains rise.”
(d) “Canyons gape.”

9. What instrument is described as “the young man’s heart’s complaint” in Section 26?
(a) The violoncello.
(b) The clarinet.
(c) The flute.
(d) The bass.

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

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

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

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

14. The narrator contends that he is the teacher of what, in the opening of Section 47?
(a) Teachers.
(b) Scientists.
(c) Athletes.
(d) Historians.

15. The narrator says in Section 46, “This day before dawn I ascended a hill and look’d at” what?
(a) “The crowded heaven.”
(b) “The rushing rivers.”
(c) “The empty lands.”
(d) “The waking animals.”

Short Answer Questions

1. The poet proclaims in Section 44, “What is known I” do what to?

2. What creature “suns his flabby length on a rock” in Section 33?

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. What does the narrator call those on guard when he tells them to “Look to your arms!” in Section 37?

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