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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 29-32.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What instruments does the narrator describe playing in the opening of Section 18?
(a) Flutes and whistles.
(b) Cornets and drums.
(c) Drums and piano.
(d) Tubas and bass.

2. What “is miracle enough to stagger sextillions of infidels,” in Section 31?
(a) “A hummingbird.”
(b) “A mouse.”
(c) “A butterfly.”
(d) “A penguin.”

3. What word from Section 6 refers to a figure or symbol with a hidden meaning?
(a) Petroglyph.
(b) Hieroglyphic.
(c) Character.
(d) Calligraphy.

4. The narrator states in Section 7, “Undrape! You are not guilty to me, nor stale nor” what?
(a) “Discarded.”
(b) “Hated.”
(c) “Ignored.”
(d) “Forgotten.”

5. The narrator asserts in Section 31 that “the narrowest hinge in my hand puts to scorn all” what?
(a) “Civilization.”
(b) “Insects.”
(c) “Science.”
(d) “Machinery.”

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator exclaims in Section 18, “Vivas to those who have” what?

2. What “impassive” objects “receive and return so many echoes,” according to the narrator in Section 8?

3. Which word from Section 12 means “limber” or “flexible”?

4. What does the butcher-boy put off, according to the narrator in Section 12?

5. The poet says in Section 31, “In vain the buzzard houses herself with” what?

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