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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 26-36.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Whitman sits and looks out into the world, he sees all the __________ and the agony without end.
(a) Peace.
(b) Meanness.
(c) Anger.
(d) Justice.

2. What does Whitman say the man is now that he has tears in his face at the sight of the waters?
(a) Woman.
(b) Child.
(c) Baby.
(d) Teen.

3. What does Whitman say goes to and fro, seeking a livelihood, chattering, and chaffering?
(a) A worker.
(b) Soul.
(c) His muse.
(d) Shadow.

4. From Whitman's breast, he says that he has concealed confession drops. What color are these drops?
(a) Red.
(b) Green.
(c) Blue.
(d) Clear.

5. Whitman points out that it is not on the reader that they alone have ___________ which fall on them
(a) Trust.
(b) Pain.
(c) Dark patches.
(d) Anger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has been named with can not be countermanded in struggles and in wars?

2. Whitman believes that in his journey, the _________ is not the only thing that is there.

3. At what time of the day is the soul allowed to be most free, according to Whitman in his own findings?

4. What song does Whitman hope they play as he is waiting for the show to begin in Boston?

5. Who does Whitman say the person in the poem "Europe" was paid to do?

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