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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 narrator says in Section 40, “I seize the descending man and raise him with resistless will, O despairer, here is my” what?
(a) “Heart.”
(b) “Hand.”
(c) “Leg.”
(d) “Neck.”

2. The poet proclaims in Section 42, “This is the city and I am one of the” what?
(a) “Caretakers.”
(b) “Leaders.”
(c) “Children.”
(d) “Citizens.”

3. Who is described with the line, “Wherever he goes men and women accept and desire him” in Section 39?
(a) “The friendly and flowing savage.”
(b) “The god of the shepherds.”
(c) “The saintly priest.”
(d) “The ancient warrior.”

4. The narrator claims in Section 32, “I think I could turn and live with animals, they’re so placid and” what?
(a) “Aware.”
(b) “Self-contain’d.”
(c) “Patient.”
(d) “Wise.”

5. Herds of what animals “make a crawling spread of the square miles far and near” in Section 33?
(a) Deer.
(b) Elk.
(c) Buffalo.
(d) Cattle.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Section 45 begins, “O span of youth! Ever-push’d” what?

3. What is described as “the cataract falling like a veil over my countenance” in Section 33?

4. Who is described as the son of Kronos in Section 41?

5. “Behavior” is described as “lawless” as what in Section 39?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the central message in Section 29 of the poem?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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