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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes the soldiers to fall into step and to arm themselves?
(a) Drill sergeants.
(b) Guns.
(c) Drum taps.
(d) Enemies.

2. Who is in the curious trio with Whitman? This trio includes his _________ and his body, and himself.
(a) Soul.
(b) Gut.
(c) Heart.
(d) Eyes.

3. Who does Whitman say that he does not forget, not in the summer or in the winter?
(a) Departed.
(b) Heroes.
(c) Words.
(d) Children.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Whitman say that Ireland once was before she leaned and became tattered on the ground?

2. ___________ are able to convey nature, enjoy materialism, become orators, and create from their own experiences.

3. Whitman says that he is the sworn _______ of every dauntless rebel the world over, with songs of insurrection.

4. Where does Whitman stop in order to satisfy his curiosity about what is inside?

5. The United States is seen as ________ with equality in the eyes of their mother, according to Whitman.

Short Essay Questions

1. To whom does Whitman compare the country of old Ireland, in his poem to this land?

2. What does Whitman point out happens no matter how many advancements science has made?

3. What does the song have to include in itself in order to be considered universal?

4. How does Whitman describe Paumanok in the spring when he writes the poem "Sea-Drift"?

5. What is an endless source of inspiration for poetry, according to the poems which the poet has created?

6. What does Whitman question about the world when he sees the felons being shackled and held in the court?

7. What is the procession of the people into the theater, one of many on Broadway, used as a metaphor for in "A Broadway Pageant"?

8. To whom does Whitman appear to give his spirit to, though this person is never mentioned by name in a poem?

9. What happens to the summer rains, according to Whitman's poem "Autumn Rivulets"?

10. To what are the tides of the ocean compared to in life, according to the poems of Whitman?

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