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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What rose before Whitman when he was pondering his poetry in silence in this book?

2. What are the terrible perturbations of the suns, swelling, collapsing, and ending?

3. Walt Whitman hears the rhythmic myths of the ____________, the strong legends of the Romans.

4. From Whitman's breast, he says that he has concealed confession drops. What color are these drops?

5. What will Whitman plant as thick as trees along all the rivers of America and along the shores of all the great lakes?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Whitman describe the touches of the lover as they are making love in the grass with each other?

2. What does Whitman reveal about a lover who spoke of acceptance within one of his poems?

3. What are some of the similar points of religions which Whitman points out for the reader?

4. What does Whitman say when someone else is present with his body? What changes?

5. What does the author feel about the idea of being present in the here and in the now?

6. What does Whitman describe his understanding of Adam's first experience when walking in the Garden of Eden?

7. What does Whitman try to do for himself, instead of being completely engrossed by one belief system?

8. Who are some of the groups for which Whitman seems to have a particular affection in his poems?

9. What are some of the poet's feelings about the idea of mortality, according to the poems he writes?

10. What is the main reason why Whitman says that he enjoys Manhattan so much during his travels there?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Whitman talks about how his body is affected with it is in the presence of another person, which is understandable and relate-able.

Part 1: Why do you think Whitman expresses the idea that his body is affected by others?

Part 2: Can someone's body is affected without having anyone else around?

Part 3: Do you think that you are more or less affected on a body level when someone else is present?

Essay Topic 2

Whitman discusses the idea that he has no legacy to leave behind for his family and the next generation.

Part 1: Why do you think a legacy is something of importance?

Part 2: Do you agree that Whitman has left nothing as a legacy?

Part 3: Is it important to you that you leave a legacy to the next generation? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Whitman could be described as being appreciative of people, in all of their forms.

Part 1: Why do you think writers are so appreciative of people and their many forms?

Part 2: How do you think people are done a service by being described by poets and writers?

Part 3: Do you think people are the most important sources of inspiration for writers?

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