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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator of the poem claims in Section 1 that “what I assume you shall” what?
(a) “Endear.”
(b) “Evade.”
(c) “Assume.”
(d) “Ignore.”

2. From where does the narrator describe following the movements of the men with sledges and hammers in the end of Section 12?
(a) “The cinder-strew’d threshold.”
(b) “The wrecking yard.”
(c) “The freeway terminal.”
(d) “The mountain-cliff dwelling.”

3. The narrator combines the word “respiration” with what word in Section 2?
(a) “Resignation.”
(b) “Inspiration.”
(c) “Retaliation.”
(d) “Desperation.”

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

5. In describing his body in Section 3, the narrator claims, “Not an inch nor a particle of an inch is” what?
(a) “Immune.”
(b) “Vile.”
(c) “Diseased.”
(d) “Without pain.”

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator compels the reader in Section 2 by stating, “Stop this day and night with me and you shall possess” what?

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

3. Who does the “red girl” marry in Section 10?

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

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

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