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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 49-52.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator states “Now I will do nothing but” what, in the opening of Section 26?
(a) “Stare.”
(b) “Listen.”
(c) “Wonder.”
(d) “Yell.”

2. The narrator compares months to what in Section 20?
(a) Canyons.
(b) Earthquakes.
(c) Oceans.
(d) Vacuums.

3. What “barbaric” sound does the poet emit “over the roofs of the world” in Section 52?
(a) “Ruff.”
(b) “Hiss.”
(c) “Hoot.”
(d) “Yawp.”

4. How many horses is “the negro” driving in Section 13?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 8.

5. The narrator contends that he is the teacher of what, in the opening of Section 47?
(a) Teachers.
(b) Athletes.
(c) Scientists.
(d) Historians.

Short Answer Questions

1. The poet writes in Section 48, “And I say to any man or woman, Let your soul stand cool and composed before” what?

2. The narrator claims in Section 33, “I am the hounded slave, I wince at the bite of” what?

3. Whitman writes in Section 1 of the poem that every what “belonging to me as good belongs to you”?

4. What creature does the poet claim “swoops by and accuses” him in Section 52?

5. What question does the narrator say a child asked in Section 6?

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