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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What adjective does the narrator use in describing the summer morning in Section 5?
(a) “Boiling.”
(b) “Transparent.”
(c) “Retrograde.”
(d)

2. The narrator describes being surrounded by “trippers” and what in the opening of Section 4?
(a) “Wanderers.”
(b) “Askers.”
(c) “Laughers.”
(d) “Rollers.”

3. What color, in addition to green, is considered the “tufted crown intentional” by the narrator in Section 13?
(a) Orange.
(b) Red.
(c) Violet.
(d) Yellow.

4. The narrator compares months to what in Section 20?
(a) Earthquakes.
(b) Oceans.
(c) Vacuums.
(d) Canyons.

5. For what does the narrator exclaim “Hurrah!” for in Section 23?
(a) “Positive emotions.”
(b) “Politics.”
(c) “Positive science.”
(d) “Events.”

Short Answer Questions

1. What question does the narrator say a child asked in Section 6?

2. How does the poet describe the summer night in Section 21?

3. Who does the narrator ask in Section 13, “What is it that you express in your eyes?”

4. What kind of boat is described “under her sky-sails” in Section 10?

5. The narrator claims “I do not trouble my spirit to vindicate itself or” what, in Section 20?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is “the negro” described in Section 13 of the poem?

2. What “characters” does the poet embody in Section 10?

3. With whom does the poet relate in the beginning of Section 16?

4. What does Walt Whitman praise and celebrate in Section 23 of the poem?

5. What comparison of women and men is made by the poet in Section 21?

6. What motif returns to the narrative in Section 6? How is this motif examined here?

7. How is “the lunatic” described in Section 15 of the poem?

8. How does the poet define “I” and “you” in response to his own questions in Section 20?

9. What symbolism and metaphor are illustrated in Section 9 of the poem?

10. What new journey does the poet embark upon beginning in Section 8 of the poem?

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