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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the conclusion of Section 6, the narrator states that “to die is different from what any one supposed, and” what?
(a) “Quicker.”
(b) “Luckier.”
(c) “Pacifying.”
(d) “Painful.”

2. In the opening of Section 20, the narrator says, “Who goes there? Hankering, gross, mystical” and what?
(a) “Wild.”
(b) “Forbidden.”
(c) “Pure.”
(d) “Nude.”

3. Who is described “with grimed and hairy chests” environing the anvil in Section 12?
(a) Trappers.
(b) Carpenters.
(c) Doctors.
(d) Blacksmiths.

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

5. How many “young men bathe by the shore,” according to the narrator in Section 11?
(a) 28.
(b) 15.
(c) 20.
(d) 6.

6. What color shirt is “the negro” wearing in Section 13?
(a) White.
(b) Black.
(c) Red.
(d) Blue.

7. The narrator asserts in Section 20, “I know this orbit of mine cannot be swept by” what?
(a) “The winds of time.”
(b) “A carpenter’s compass.”
(c) “The moon’s rays.”
(d) “A witch’s broom.”

8. How does the poet describe the summer night in Section 21?
(a) “Hot sweaty summer night.”
(b) “Pulsing gray summer night.”
(c) “Rich with water summer night.”
(d) “Mad naked summer night.”

9. What adjective does the narrator use in describing the summer morning in Section 5?
(a) “Transparent.”
(b)
(c) “Boiling.”
(d) “Retrograde.”

10. For how long does the narrator say the runaway slave stayed with him in Section 10?
(a) A week.
(b) A month.
(c) A day.
(d) A year.

11. What does the narrator say that seeing “at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books” in Section 24?
(a) “A puppy.”
(b) “A sunflower.”
(c) “A morning-glory.”
(d) “A pansy.”

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

13. The narrator claims in Section 20, “I laugh at what you call” what?
(a) “Sacred.”
(b) “Progress.”
(c) “Wealth.”
(d) “Dissolution.”

14. What instruments does the narrator describe playing in the opening of Section 18?
(a) Cornets and drums.
(b) Flutes and whistles.
(c) Tubas and bass.
(d) Drums and piano.

15. What character is “sold at the auction-stand” in Section 15?
(a) The Asian girl.
(b) The Mexican girl.
(c) The Polish boy.
(d) The quadroon girl.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator asserts in Section 21, “I am not the poet of goodness only, I do not decline to be the poet of” what also?

2. The narrator asks the reader in Section 2, “Have you reckon’d” how many acres?

3. Who does the narrator ask in Section 13, “What is it that you express in your eyes?”

4. The narrator exclaims in Section 18, “Vivas to those who have” what?

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

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