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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. What does the poet refer to as “the sound I love,” in Section 26?
(a) “The sound of the howling wind.”
(b) “The sound of the baby’s sigh.”
(c) “The sound of the human voice.”
(d) “The sound of the cooing dove.”

2. What creature “suns his flabby length on a rock” in Section 33?
(a) The bear.
(b) The alligator.
(c) The rattlesnake.
(d) The seal.

3. The poet says in Section 31 that he believes what “is no less than the journey-work of the stars”?
(a) “A leaf of grass.”
(b) “A swimming fish.”
(c) “A newborn sheep.”
(d) “A flying bird.”

4. The narrator contends that he is the teacher of what, in the opening of Section 47?
(a) Historians.
(b) Scientists.
(c) Athletes.
(d) Teachers.

5. The poet says in Section 40, “To cotton-field drudge or” whom does he lean?
(a) “Cleaner of privies.”
(b) “Birther of animals.”
(c) “Fixer of tractors.”
(d) “Gutter of fish.”

Short Answer Questions

1. What “is miracle enough to stagger sextillions of infidels,” in Section 31?

2. The poet describes “considering a curl of smoke or a hair on the back of my hand just as curious as any” what, in Section 41?

3. Who is described as the grandson of Kronos in Section 41?

4. The poet proclaims in Section 42, “This is the city and I am one of the” what?

5. The poet claims in Section 38, “I troop forth replenish'd with” what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. How does the poet relate truth and nature in Sections 30 and 31?

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