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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Whitman spell Canada when he uses the name in the poem, "On Journeys through the States"?
(a) Kanuda.
(b) Kanada.
(c) Kunada.
(d) Canada.

2. Whitman is not only considering the idea of death, but also of chanting the chant of ___________.
(a) Allegiance.
(b) Honor.
(c) Battles.
(d) Truth.

3. What do the lovers who exit the room after the night leave over baskets, swelling the house with their plenty?
(a) White towels.
(b) Birds.
(c) Words.
(d) Money.

4. Whitman calls the ostent evanescent the substances of a/an _________ mood or savan's studies long.
(a) Child's.
(b) Scientist's.
(c) Artist's.
(d) Woman's.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is singing the varied carols which Whitman can hear as mentioned in a poem which reveals the answer?

2. What are houses and rooms full of? What are shelves crowded with according to Whitman?

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

4. Whitman addresses other countries who are striving to prove the puzzle of America, the athletic ______________.

5. Who does Whitman profess to folding in every leaf of his poetry in order to celebrate the sea?

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