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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. By whom does the narrator say he has been “given up” in Section 28?
(a) “Priests.”
(b) “Pillagers.”
(c) “Traitors.”
(d) “God.”

2. The poet claims in Section 47, “I swear I will never again mention” what “inside a house”?
(a) “Love or death.”
(b) “News or gossip.”
(c) “Fact or fiction.”
(d) “Religion or politics.”

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

4. What does the poet say he opens at night to “see the far-sprinkled systems” in Section 45?
(a) A telescope.
(b) A pismire.
(c) A scuttle.
(d) A prism.

5. The narrator describes the judge in Section 26 as “with hands tight to the desk, his pallid lips pronouncing” what?
(a) “Community service.”
(b) “A life-sentence.”
(c) “A minimum sentence.”
(d) “A death-sentence.”

Short Answer Questions

1. What archaic word in Section 31 refers to an ant?

2. Of whom does the narrator say he “is closest to me, he knows me well” in Section 47?

3. The narrator contends that he is the teacher of what, in the opening of Section 47?

4. The poet tells the dying in Section 40, “I dilate you with” what?

5. The poet writes in Section 48, “And I say to any man or woman, Let your soul stand cool and composed before” what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How is the motif of the journey described in Section 46 of the poem?

4. What setting does the narrator take the reader to in Section 34?

5. What events take place in the battle described in Section 34 of the poem?

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

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

8. With what individuals does the poet relate in Section 33?

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

10. With what characters does the narrator relate in Section 37?

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