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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. The narrator says in Section 10 that while he wanders “alone in the wilds and mountains” he is amazed at his own what?
(a) “Wonder and reverence.”
(b) “Lightness and glee.”
(c) “Strife and terror.”
(d) “Questions and answers.”

2. What word from Section 5 refers to a beam fastened to the keel of a vessel for strength?
(a) Jib.
(b) Plank.
(c) Kelson.
(d) Rudder.

3. What does the narrator say he does “alone far in the wilds and mountains” in Section 10?
(a) Hunts.
(b) Prays.
(c) Ponders.
(d) Fishes.

4. The narrator asserts in Section 20, “In all people I see” what?
(a) “Myself.”
(b) “My mother.”
(c) “My sister.”
(d) “My father.”

5. The narrator states in Section 7, “Undrape! You are not guilty to me, nor stale nor” what?
(a) “Hated.”
(b) “Discarded.”
(c) “Forgotten.”
(d) “Ignored.”

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator asserts in Section 21, “I am not the poet of goodness only, I do not decline to be the poet of” what also?

2. With whom does the narrator describe spending “that day round the chowder-kettle” in Section 10?

3. How is the girl described that accompanies the youngster “up the bushy hill” in Section 8?

4. How many suns does the narrator claim there are left in Section 2?

5. The narrator describes “Houses and rooms” full of what in the beginning of Section 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Whitman’s “advice” to the reader in Section 11 of the poem?

2. What is the poet’s implication with the following lines from Section 4: “There was never any more inception than there is now, Nor any more youth or age than there is now”?

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

4. What Christian allusion can be seen in the opening of Section 21?

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

6. Whom does the poet invite to eat the meal in Section 19?

7. How does Section 13 begin? What is the focus of this section of the poem?

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

9. For whom does Whitman describe playing victory marches in Section 18?

10. 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”?

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