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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. The poet proclaims in Section 42, “This is the city and I am one of the” what?
2. Who “shoulder their carbines and keep watch,” according to the poet in Section 37?
3. “Behavior” is described as “lawless” as what in Section 39?
4. The poet proclaims in Section 44, “What is known I” do what to?
5. What does the narrator claim “indicates the moment” in Section 44?
Short Essay Questions
1. With what individuals does the poet relate in Section 33?
2. What does the poet question and attempt to answer in Section 40 of the poem?
3. What conclusions does the poet reach in Section 31?
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. What is the central message in Section 29 of the poem?
7. How are time and eternity defined in Section 44 of the poem?
8. How does Whitman address the vastness of the world in Section 33?
9. What is the purpose of the religious allusion in Sections 41 and 42 of the poem?
10. What war is described in Sections 35 and 36? How does the poet describe the aftermath of the battle?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the Native American experience, its culture, and its idealization in the poem. How does the poet refer to the American Indians? What viewpoints does he imbue on tribal belief systems? How are their customs depicted?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss Walt Whitman’s explorations of sound and speech in “Song of Myself.” What are examples of onomatopoeia? How does Whitman’s depiction of sound affect the reader? What animal and human sounds does he describe?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the sexual and sensual qualities of the poem “Song of Myself.” Where was the poem and the collection Leaves of Grass banned for its explicit depiction of human sexuality? When were these bans lifted? How did Whitman respond to his work being banned?
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