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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 41-44.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of boat is described “under her sky-sails” in Section 10?
(a) A schooner.
(b) A Yankee clipper.
(c) A Confederate frigate.
(d) A destroyer.

2. The narrator says that he sees “the elementary laws never” do what, in Section 20?
(a) “Improve.”
(b) “Apologize.”
(c) “Conclude.”
(d) “Convict.”

3. For what does the narrator exclaim “Hurrah!” for in Section 23?
(a) “Events.”
(b) “Positive science.”
(c) “Politics.”
(d) “Positive emotions.”

4. The narrator claims in Section 20, “I laugh at what you call” what?
(a) “Sacred.”
(b) “Progress.”
(c) “Wealth.”
(d) “Dissolution.”

5. Section 17 ends with the line, “This is the common air that bathes” what?
(a) “The country.”
(b) “The body.”
(c) “The globe.”
(d) “The county.”

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal “walks to and fro on a limb overhead” in Section 33?

2. The “lunatic” described in Section 15 “will never sleep any more as he did in the cot” where?

3. The poet describes outbidding what “old cautious” characters in Section 41?

4. The narrator makes a statement equating stoutness with what animal in Section 3?

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

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