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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 18-25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whitman expresses that he knows the __________ does not know how longingly he looked at them.
(a) Passing stranger.
(b) Blade of grass.
(c) Old woman.
(d) Woman.

2. What color is the water in the poem, "In Cabin'd Ships at Sea," as it moves around the boat?
(a) Gray.
(b) Black.
(c) Green.
(d) Blue.

3. Who does Whitman not want to shut their proud doors to him, as stated in a poem of that same idea?
(a) Libraries.
(b) Churches.
(c) Schools.
(d) Armies.

4. Where does Whitman say there are beautiful hills which should be recognized as such?
(a) Amsterdam.
(b) North Carolina.
(c) Brooklyn.
(d) Maine.

5. Whitman says that he sings the songs of the glory of ___________, not God.
(a) None.
(b) Earth.
(c) Nature.
(d) Words.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Whitman point out are subordinated at their tasks during "Calamus"?

2. What rose before Whitman when he was pondering his poetry in silence in this book?

3. Whitman says that he is not sure, but the high soul of lovers welcomes _______ most.

4. Whitman finds he is larger and better than he thought. He did not know he held so much ___________.

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

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