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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Whitman see eating the bread of his last supper in the midst of youths and old persons?
(a) Mary.
(b) Christ.
(c) A death row inmate.
(d) A homeless man.

2. Once a state is fully enslaved, according to Whitman, no nation, state, city, of the Earth can resume its ____________.
(a) Power.
(b) Victory.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Liberty.

3. Whitman addresses the reader in "To You," telling the reader he fears they are walking the walks of _____________.
(a) Armies.
(b) Clouds.
(c) Pain.
(d) Dreams.

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

5. Who does Whitman consider to be dear and dreadful to the earth, as he writes in one of his poems?
(a) Sages.
(b) Beginners.
(c) Women.
(d) Truth tellers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whitman says that not a disembodied _________ can the weapons of tyrants let loose, but it stalks invisibly.

2. What is the powerful machine which is moving through the snow with its vapor-pennants tinged with delicate purple?

3. Whitman says that he often looks up at the perfect __________ of the stars during walks in the night.

4. At the time of freedom, the soul can emerge fully and ponder the _________ one loves best.

5. Who does Whitman say that he does not forget, not in the summer or in the winter?

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