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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 21-24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator claims in Section 2 that the atmosphere “has no taste of” what?
(a) “The distillation.”
(b) “The reconciliation.”
(c) “The concentration.”
(d) “The emancipation.”

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

3. The narrator says in Section 20, “Having pried through the strata, analyzed to a hair, counsel'd with doctors and calculated close, I find no sweeter fat than sticks to my own” what?
(a) “Bones.”
(b) “Tongue.”
(c) “Throat.”
(d) “Stomach.”

4. The poet claims in Section 24, “Copulation is no more rank to me than” what is?
(a) “Death.”
(b) “Thought.”
(c) “Injury.”
(d) “Birth.”

5. Who does the narrator ask in Section 13, “What is it that you express in your eyes?”
(a) The oxen.
(b) The goats.
(c) The cows.
(d) The horses.

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. How is the girl described that accompanies the youngster “up the bushy hill” in Section 8?

3. What instruments does the narrator describe playing in the opening of Section 18?

4. As the narrator watches “the little one” sleeping in Section 8, he silently brushes away what with his hand?

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

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