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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 37-40.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What causes Whitman to wander noiselessly and to bend over other sleepers, wandering and confused?
(a) Nightly visions.
(b) Insomnia.
(c) Sickness.
(d) Stealth.

3. Whitman believes himself to be as trustful to his poems as a father is to his _______________.
(a) Children.
(b) Home.
(c) Family.
(d) Wife.

4. It is the engineer's joy to go with the _____________ in his days.
(a) Track.
(b) Coal.
(c) Cars.
(d) Locomotive.

5. Even those, Whitman says, that know unrequited ________ can sleep, as do prisoners.
(a) Death.
(b) Patience.
(c) Love.
(d) Loss.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Whitman say there are beautiful hills which should be recognized as such?

2. Whitman includes a series of poems which pertain to forms of education from questions posed to _______ to tests and judgement.

3. No one should be pointed to a certain __________ as this should be someone's own personal choice in life.

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

5. Though Whitman says he paints myriads of heads, he also says that he paints head without a ________.

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