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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. What does the poet refer to as “the sound I love,” in Section 26?
2. The poet announces in Section 40, “To any one dying, thither I speed and twist” what?
3. The narrator asserts in Section 31 that “the narrowest hinge in my hand puts to scorn all” what?
4. What is described as “the cataract falling like a veil over my countenance” in Section 33?
5. In the final lines of Section 25, the poet claims, “Writing and talk do not prove me, I carry the plenum of proof and every thing else in my” what?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the poet remark about animals in the opening of Section 32?
2. How does Whitman address the faults of mankind in Section 32?
3. How are “youth” and “age” described in Section 45?
4. What have the “sentries” done, according to the narrator in Section 28?
5. What conclusions does the poet reach in Section 31?
6. Where does the poet “stand” in Section 44? What conclusion has he reached?
7. How does Whitman address the vastness of the world in Section 33?
8. To what are flames compared in Section 28? Why?
9. In what way is the concept of “rebirth” illustrated in Section 38?
10. What reaction does the poet have to his circumstances in the opening of Section 38?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the setting of the country barn and the poet’s depiction of harvest time in Section 9. What is being loaded on the wagon and how what symbolism does this crop imply? How is the crop related to the other symbolic motifs in the poem?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the War of 1812 as illustrated through the imagery from Sections 35 and 36 of “Song of Myself.” What characters does the poet describe? What is the setting? How does the poet describe the aftermath of the battle? Do you believe this is a realistic depiction of warfare?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Whitman’s exploration of the sense of touch in “Song of Myself.” How does the poet describe the touch of others? What symbols and motifs examine touch? What sexual descriptions does Whitman use regarding the sense of touch?
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