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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 37-40.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whitman says he will make a true ________ which will earn for the body and mind whatever sticks and does not droop in death.
(a) Book.
(b) Poem.
(c) Belief.
(d) Song.

2. During this section of the poems, what age does Whitman profess to being?
(a) 37.
(b) 42.
(c) 41.
(d) 35.

3. What does Whitman say that he has a bundle of which he will have to leave for those who come after him?
(a) Paintings.
(b) Whispers.
(c) Ideas.
(d) Songs.

4. Who was the seminal warrior who surrendered to soldiers during the Florida war?
(a) Red River.
(b) Osceola.
(c) Blackheart.
(d) Raging Bull.

5. Underneath all of the mysticism, what does Whitman say that he sees in the man for his comrade?
(a) Honor.
(b) Love.
(c) Hope.
(d) Strength.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the lovers who exit the room after the night leave over baskets, swelling the house with their plenty?

2. What causes the soldiers to fall into step and to arm themselves?

3. What does Whitman say was the year of struggle, the year when no dainty rhymes or sentimental loves verses were written?

4. Where did Whitman say that he sat studying the older times of American? The feet of ___________.

5. "Great are the ________" is work in which Whitman celebrates these creative works, those of old and new times.

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