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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator claims in Section 73, “Not a youngster is taken for” what, “but I go up too, and am tried and sentenced”?
(a) “Larceny.”
(b) “Adultery.”
(c) “Heresy.”
(d) “Bigotry.”

2. What Norse god does Whitman describe in Section 41?
(a) Osiris.
(b) Odin.
(c) Brahma.
(d) Belus.

3. Who does the author say “embody themselves in me and I am embodied in them” at the end of Section 37?
(a) “Takers.”
(b) “Askers.”
(c) “Saints.”
(d) “Givers.”

4. According to the poet in Section 30, “All truths wait in” what?
(a) “Balls of lies.”
(b) “Due time.”
(c) “Clouds of mystery.”
(d) “All things.”

5. What are described as “making a rush for my veins” in Section 28?
(a) “Flames and ether.”
(b) “Winds of worry.”
(c) “Curtains of gold.”
(d) “Chariots of fire.”

6. The poet says in Section 31, “In vain the buzzard houses herself with” what?
(a) “The clouds.”
(b) “Sticks and leaves.”
(c) “Bark and moss.”
(d) “The sky.”

7. What animal is “searching for roots or honey” in Section 33?
(a) The badger.
(b) The porcupine.
(c) The black bear.
(d) The wolf.

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

9. The poet describes coming again upon the earth after how many years in Section 43?
(a) 2,500.
(b) 500.
(c) 15,000.
(d) 5,000.

10. Of animals, the poet says in Section 32, “Not one is dissatisfied, not one is demented with the mania of” what?
(a) “Earning a wage.”
(b) “Religious boundaries.”
(c) “Owning things.”
(d) “Loving peace.”

11. What “is drawn on the slip-noose” in Section 33?
(a) The phoenix.
(b) The life-car.
(c) The ocean.
(d) The sun.

12. The narrator says in Section 34 that he will now tell what he knew in what location in early youth?
(a) Nevada.
(b) Montana.
(c) Texas.
(d) Colorado.

13. The poet says in Section 44, “I am an acme of things accomplish’d, and I am an enclose of” what?
(a) “Things to be.”
(b) “Things remembered.”
(c) “Things forgotten.”
(d) “The impossible.”

14. What animal “walks to and fro on a limb overhead” in Section 33?
(a) The panther.
(b) The bird.
(c) The lemur.
(d) The squirrel.

15. To whom does the poet say “I might tell how I like you, but cannot” in Section 40?
(a) “Child or adult.”
(b) “Man or woman.”
(c) “Human or spirit.”
(d) “Dog or cat.”

Short Answer Questions

1. The poet describes “considering a curl of smoke or a hair on the back of my hand just as curious as any” what, in Section 41?

2. What is described as “the cataract falling like a veil over my countenance” in Section 33?

3. The narrator says in Section 45, “My lovers suffocate me, Crowding my lips, thick in the” what?

4. What does the poet refer to as “the sound I love,” in Section 26?

5. What word does Whitman use in Section 43 to refer to a Mesoamerican pyramid surmounted by a temple?

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