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

2. Three of what are “whizzing in a row from three lusty angels with shirts bagg'd out at their waists” in Section 41?
(a) “Whips.”
(b) “Brooms.”
(c) “Scythes.”
(d) “Scarves.”

3. Of animals, the poet says in Section 32, “Not one is dissatisfied, not one is demented with the mania of” what?
(a) “Loving peace.”
(b) “Earning a wage.”
(c) “Owning things.”
(d) “Religious boundaries.”

4. Who is described with the line, “Wherever he goes men and women accept and desire him” in Section 39?
(a) “The god of the shepherds.”
(b) “The friendly and flowing savage.”
(c) “The ancient warrior.”
(d) “The saintly priest.”

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

6. What sound is described as emanating from flames in Section 26?
(a) “Whistling.”
(b) “Whooshing.”
(c) “Gossip.”
(d) “Crackling.”

7. The poet claims in Section 47, “I swear I will never again mention” what “inside a house”?
(a) “Love or death.”
(b) “News or gossip.”
(c) “Fact or fiction.”
(d) “Religion or politics.”

8. To what does the narrator say in Section 40, “You seem to look for something at my hands”?
(a) “Water.”
(b) “Earth.”
(c) “Wind.”
(d) “Fire.”

9. The poet announces in Section 40, “To any one dying, thither I speed and twist” what?
(a) “The knob of the door.”
(b) “The knife in the wound.”
(c) “The sword in the cloud.”
(d) “The hand of the attic.”

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

11. What advice does the narrator give to the “dear son” in Section 46?
(a) “Shoulder your duds.”
(b) “Buck up and get ready.”
(c) “Imagine the future.”
(d) “Face the east.”

12. What “cuts like a black chip out of the water,” according to the poet in Section 33?
(a) “The shell of the clam.”
(b) “The beak of the octopus.”
(c) “The fin of the shark.”
(d) “The wing of the ray.”

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

14. The poet asks the reader in the opening of Section 35, “Would you hear of an old-time” what?
(a) “Sea-fight?”
(b) “Swamp fight?”
(c) “Land fight?”
(d) “Sky-fight?”

15. The poet tells the dying in Section 40, “I dilate you with” what?
(a) “Lashing words.”
(b) “Tremendous breath.”
(c) “Extreme scorn.”
(d) “Piercing stare.”

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the author say “embody themselves in me and I am embodied in them” at the end of Section 37?

2. The narrator claims in Section 33, “I am the hounded slave, I wince at the bite of” what?

3. What are “projected masculine, full-sized and golden” in Section 29?

4. The poet says in Section 44, “I am an acme of things accomplish’d, and I am an enclose of” what?

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

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