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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. To whom does the narrator say the sentries have left him helpless in Section 28?
(a) “The devil.”
(b) “God.”
(c) “A red marauder.”
(d) “A cutthroat gambler.”

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

6. 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 pismire.
(d) A telescope.

7. According to the poet in Section 31, what “would adorn the parlors of heaven”?
(a) “White roses.”
(b) “Orange tulips.”
(c) “The running blackberry.”
(d) “Alpine strawberries.”

8. What does the narrator claim “indicates the moment” in Section 44?
(a) “The clock.”
(b) “The sun.”
(c) “The shadows.”
(d) “The stars.”

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

10. The poet claims in Section 38, “I troop forth replenish'd with” what?
(a) “Infinite energy.”
(b) “Supreme power.”
(c) “Nutritious food.”
(d) “Gained knowledge.”

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

12. The poet says in Section 31 that he believes what “is no less than the journey-work of the stars”?
(a) “A leaf of grass.”
(b) “A newborn sheep.”
(c) “A swimming fish.”
(d) “A flying bird.”

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

14. The narrator states in Section 30 that logic and what “never convince”?
(a) Sermons.
(b) Morals.
(c) Destiny.
(d) Wisdom.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. “Words” are described as being as “simple as” what, in Section 39?

2. What advice does the narrator give to the “dear son” in Section 46?

3. 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?

4. The narrator asserts in Section 31 that “the narrowest hinge in my hand puts to scorn all” what?

5. The narrator says in Section 45, “My lovers suffocate me, Crowding my lips, thick in the” what?

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