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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. To what does the narrator say in Section 40, “You seem to look for something at my hands”?
(a) “Fire.”
(b) “Earth.”
(c) “Water.”
(d) “Wind.”

2. What sound is described as emanating from flames in Section 26?
(a) “Whooshing.”
(b) “Gossip.”
(c) “Crackling.”
(d) “Whistling.”

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. The narrator claims in Section 33, “I am the hounded slave, I wince at the bite of” what?
(a) “Man.”
(b) “The snakes.”
(c) “The dogs.”
(d) “The bugs.”

5. What “is miracle enough to stagger sextillions of infidels,” in Section 31?
(a) “A mouse.”
(b) “A butterfly.”
(c) “A penguin.”
(d) “A hummingbird.”

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator says in Section 25, “My voice goes after what my” what “cannot reach”?

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

3. The poet claims in Section 47, “I swear I will never again mention” what “inside a house”?

4. According to the poet in Section 31, what “would adorn the parlors of heaven”?

5. Which of the five senses does the narrator address in Section 29?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the poet tell the world’s “priests” in Section 43?

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

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

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

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

7. What have the “sentries” done, according to the narrator in Section 28?

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

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

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

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