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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. How is the girl described that accompanies the youngster “up the bushy hill” in Section 8?
(a) “Red-headed.”
(b) “Red-faced.”
(c) “Red-eyed.”
(d) “Red-skinned.”

2. In the conclusion of Section 6, the narrator states that “to die is different from what any one supposed, and” what?
(a) “Quicker.”
(b) “Pacifying.”
(c) “Painful.”
(d) “Luckier.”

3. What word from Section 6 refers to a figure or symbol with a hidden meaning?
(a) Character.
(b) Petroglyph.
(c) Hieroglyphic.
(d) Calligraphy.

4. The narrator says in Section 13 to not call what creature “unworthy because she is not something else”?
(a) The snake.
(b) The crow.
(c) The tortoise.
(d) The eagle.

5. The narrator describes “Houses and rooms” full of what in the beginning of Section 2?
(a) Ornate carvings.
(b) Paintings.
(c) Rich wood.
(d) Perfumes.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many horses is “the negro” driving in Section 13?

2. What instruments does the narrator describe playing in the opening of Section 18?

3. The narrator describes being surrounded by “trippers” and what in the opening of Section 4?

4. Whose proper name is stated in the poem in the beginning of Section 24?

5. The narrator of the poem claims in Section 1 that “what I assume you shall” what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Over what elements does the poet describe Earth reigning in Section 21?

2. What imagery is the focus of Section 11 of the poem?

3. What does the “twenty-ninth bather” represent metaphorically in Section 11?

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

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

6. What motif reappears in Section 17? Why does the poet use this motif here?

7. After calling out to the Earth in Section 21, what does Whitman address in Section 22?

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

9. What is signified by these lines from Section 1: “I loafe and invite my soul, / I lean and loafe at my ease observing a spear of summer grass”?

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

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