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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. “Words” are described as being as “simple as” what, in Section 39?
(a) “Rocks.”
(b) “Stars.”
(c) “Flowers.”
(d) “Grass.”

2. The poet states in Section 27, “I merely stir, press, feel with my fingers, and am” what?
(a) “Amazed.”
(b) “Happy.”
(c) “Curious.”
(d) “Saddened.”

3. What creature “in his tough pimples sleeps by the bayou” in Section 33?
(a) The owl.
(b) The frog.
(c) The alligator.
(d) The wild boar.

4. 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) “Scarves.”
(d) “Scythes.”

5. The narrator asserts in Section 31 that “the narrowest hinge in my hand puts to scorn all” what?
(a) “Civilization.”
(b) “Insects.”
(c) “Science.”
(d) “Machinery.”

Short Answer Questions

1. The poet says in Section 31, “In vain the buzzard houses herself with” what?

2. The narrator claims in Section 32, “I think I could turn and live with animals, they’re so placid and” what?

3. The narrator offers “biscuits to eat” and what to drink to the “dear son” in Section 46?

4. The poet says in Section 25, “Dazzling and tremendous how quick the sun-rise would kill me, if I could not now and always” do what?

5. What creature “is whistling betwixt the woods and the wheatlot” in Section 33?

Short Essay Questions

1. Which of the five senses is introduced in Section 27? What animal is cited in this section?

2. What reaction does the poet have to his circumstances in the opening of Section 38?

3. What is implied of “the journey” of life in Section 44?

4. What does the poet question and attempt to answer in Section 40 of the poem?

5. What does the poet remark about animals in the opening of Section 32?

6. How does Whitman address the vastness of the world in Section 33?

7. What war is described in Sections 35 and 36? How does the poet describe the aftermath of the battle?

8. In what way is the concept of “rebirth” illustrated in Section 38?

9. What is the purpose of the religious allusion in Sections 41 and 42 of the poem?

10. Where does the poet “stand” in Section 44? What conclusion has he reached?

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