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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 poet proclaims in Section 44, “What is known I” do what to?
(a) “Strip away.”
(b) “Hate.”
(c) “Step on.”
(d) “Spit at.”

2. In the final lines of Section 25, the poet claims, “Writing and talk do not prove me, I carry the plenum of proof and every thing else in my” what?
(a) “Body.”
(b) “Spirit.”
(c) “Mind.”
(d) “Face.”

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

4. What are described as “making a rush for my veins” in Section 28?
(a) “Flames and ether.”
(b) “Curtains of gold.”
(c) “Chariots of fire.”
(d) “Winds of worry.”

5. To whom does the poet say “I might tell how I like you, but cannot” in Section 40?
(a) “Human or spirit.”
(b) “Man or woman.”
(c) “Dog or cat.”
(d) “Child or adult.”

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator call those on guard when he tells them to “Look to your arms!” in Section 37?

2. What animal “walks to and fro on a limb overhead” in Section 33?

3. The narrator says in Section 46, “This day before dawn I ascended a hill and look’d at” what?

4. What animal is “searching for roots or honey” in Section 33?

5. What sound is described as emanating from flames in Section 26?

Short Essay Questions

1. With what “characters” does the poet relate in Sections 47 and 48 of the poem?

2. How are the Native Americans depicted in Section 39?

3. Why and how does Whitman turn to the sense of sound in Section 26?

4. How are “youth” and “age” described in Section 45?

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

6. What conclusions does the poet reach in Section 31?

7. To what are flames compared in Section 28? Why?

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

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

10. How does Whitman address the faults of mankind in Section 32?

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