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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. The narrator claims that “size is only” what, in Section 21?
(a) “Perceptive.”
(b) “Relative.”
(c) “One measurement.”
(d) “Development.”
2. The narrator compares months to what in Section 20?
(a) Earthquakes.
(b) Vacuums.
(c) Canyons.
(d) Oceans.
3. From where does the narrator describe following the movements of the men with sledges and hammers in the end of Section 12?
(a) “The cinder-strew’d threshold.”
(b) “The freeway terminal.”
(c) “The wrecking yard.”
(d) “The mountain-cliff dwelling.”
4. What word from Section 6 refers to a figure or symbol with a hidden meaning?
(a) Hieroglyphic.
(b) Calligraphy.
(c) Petroglyph.
(d) Character.
5. The narrator says in Section 10 that while he wanders “alone in the wilds and mountains” he is amazed at his own what?
(a) “Strife and terror.”
(b) “Questions and answers.”
(c) “Lightness and glee.”
(d) “Wonder and reverence.”
Short Answer Questions
1. The narrator asserts in Section 20, “In all people I see” what?
2. What question does the narrator say a child asked in Section 6?
3. In the conclusion of Section 6, the narrator states that “to die is different from what any one supposed, and” what?
4. The narrator asserts in Section 18 that “battles are lost in the same spirit in which” what?
5. The narrator asks the reader in Section 2, “Have you reckon’d” how many acres?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the poet relate with the “wild gander” in Section 14?
2. With whom does the poet relate in the beginning of Section 16?
3. How is “the lunatic” described in Section 15 of the poem?
4. What does Whitman conclude of the quality of “presence” in Section 3?
5. After calling out to the Earth in Section 21, what does Whitman address in Section 22?
6. How does the poet’s delineation of “self” evolve in Section 5 of the poem?
7. What is Whitman’s conclusion regarding “failure” in Section 18?
8. Whom does the poet invite to eat the meal in Section 19?
9. What is Whitman’s “advice” to the reader in Section 11 of the poem?
10. How is “the negro” described in Section 13 of the poem?
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