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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 9-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say he does “alone far in the wilds and mountains” in Section 10?
(a) Prays.
(b) Fishes.
(c) Ponders.
(d) Hunts.

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

3. What word from Section 5 refers to a beam fastened to the keel of a vessel for strength?
(a) Kelson.
(b) Jib.
(c) Rudder.
(d) Plank.

4. The narrator states in Section 3, “I have heard what the talkers were talking, the talk of the” what?
(a) “Rich and the poor.”
(b) “Chicken and the egg.”
(c) “Beginning and the end.”
(d) “Good and evil.”

5. The narrator claims in Section 7, “I pass death with the dying and birth with the new-wash’d babe, and am not contain’d between my” what?
(a) “Hat and boots.”
(b) “Belt and tie.”
(c) “Tie and socks.”
(d) “Socks and belt.”

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from Section 6 refers to a figure or symbol with a hidden meaning?

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

3. What adjective does the narrator use in describing the summer morning in Section 5?

4. Who is described “with grimed and hairy chests” environing the anvil in Section 12?

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

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