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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator says in Section 14, “The press of my foot to the earth springs a hundred” what?
(a) “Prayers.”
(b) “Recollections.”
(c) “Thoughts.”
(d) “Affections.”

2. How many suns does the narrator claim there are left in Section 2?
(a) Millions.
(b) A handful.
(c) Dozens.
(d) But a few.

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

4. The narrator claims in Section 5, “I know that the hand of God is the promise of” what?
(a) “Others.”
(b) “My own.”
(c) “Good fortune.”
(d) “Salvation.”

5. Whose proper name is stated in the poem in the beginning of Section 24?
(a) John Muir's.
(b) William Shakespeare’s.
(c) Walt Whitman’s.
(d) Teddy Roosevelt's.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old does the narrator of the poem claim to be in Section 1?

2. The poet proclaims in Section 42, “This is the city and I am one of the” what?

3. What creature “suns his flabby length on a rock” in Section 33?

4. The narrator claims in Section 20, “I laugh at what you call” what?

5. The narrator tells “the tale of the murder in cold blood of” how many young men in Section 34?

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