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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whitman says that he was offering too long to feed his soul with __________, which was clearly not a good idea..
(a) Questions.
(b) Standards.
(c) Truths.
(d) Answers.

2. What are the terrible perturbations of the suns, swelling, collapsing, and ending?
(a) Clouds.
(b) Moons.
(c) Stars.
(d) Planets.

3. Whitman says that not a disembodied _________ can the weapons of tyrants let loose, but it stalks invisibly.
(a) Truth.
(b) Spirit.
(c) Poem.
(d) Song.

4. What do mediums convey when they arrive and they are successful in the United States, according to Whitman?
(a) Half truths.
(b) Gospel.
(c) Truth.
(d) Lies.

5. How old is Whitman at the time of his writing his poems, noting this in his poems and that he is in good health?
(a) 27.
(b) 28.
(c) 37.
(d) 18.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whitman addresses the reader in "To You," telling the reader he fears they are walking the walks of _____________.

2. What are the felons wearing when they come into the courtroom as Whitman watches them out of curiosity?

3. To whom is Whitman referring when he talks about the estuary which enlarges and spread itself grandly in the great sea?

4. Whitman believes himself to be as trustful to his poems as a father is to his _______________.

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

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