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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 5-17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Walt Whitman sees _______ exhaling from unexplored countries and savage types with bows and arrows.
(a) Ghosts.
(b) Vapors.
(c) Myths.
(d) Stories.

2. "Carry me when you go forth over land or sea; For thus merely ______________ you is enough, is best."
(a) Breathing.
(b) Touching.
(c) Knowing.
(d) Feeling.

3. Whitman believes there is terrible doubt in _____________, there is uncertainty and the possibility of being deluded.
(a) Nature.
(b) Government.
(c) Children.
(d) Appearances.

4. The ___________ is equal with the male according to Whitman in the first page of his poetry book?
(a) Female.
(b) Tree.
(c) Country.
(d) River.

5. Whitman raises a _____________ hand to all who he mentions in his poem, making the signal to remain after him.
(a) Shaking.
(b) Open.
(c) Closed.
(d) Perpendicular.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Whitman say there are beautiful hills which should be recognized as such?

2. Who leaves natural breaths, the sounds of rains and winds, calls as the birds and animals in the woods?

3. Who does Whitman consider to be dear and dreadful to the earth, as he writes in one of his poems?

4. Whitman is not only considering the idea of death, but also of chanting the chant of ___________.

5. What is the city of orgies, according to Whitman's poem of the same name?

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