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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 writes that whatever satisfies ________ is true, according to one of his poems.
(a) Souls.
(b) Gods.
(c) Society.
(d) Words.

2. What does Whitman say that he will expose when he runs his furrow with his plough and press his spade through the sod?
(a) Vegetables.
(b) Roots.
(c) Foul meat.
(d) Dirt.

3. ___________ are able to convey nature, enjoy materialism, become orators, and create from their own experiences.
(a) Politicians.
(b) Mediums.
(c) Teachers.
(d) Women.

4. Whitman was seized by a spirit, held by an _________self out of the pride which causes him to utter poems.
(a) Amazing.
(b) Electric.
(c) Aggressive.
(d) Authentic.

5. The combination of justice and God, according to Whitman, can be blended together to make an immortal ___________.
(a) Story.
(b) Reality.
(c) Armistice.
(d) Government.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whitman is clear that he is giving his spirit to ___________, though he does not mention him by name.

2. Whitman calls the ostent evanescent the substances of a/an _________ mood or savan's studies long.

3. Whitman says it is a painful thing to ___________ someone to excess, yet the rewards are great.

4. Who does Whitman see eating the bread of his last supper in the midst of youths and old persons?

5. What occurs once at sunrise and once at sunset, according to Whitman as he describes nature?

(see the answer key)

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