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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 poet says in Section 46, “No friend of mine takes his ease” where?
(a) “In my bed.”
(b) “In my chair.”
(c) “On my land.”
(d) “On my porch.”

2. The poet asks the reader in the opening of Section 35, “Would you hear of an old-time” what?
(a) “Land fight?”
(b) “Sky-fight?”
(c) “Swamp fight?”
(d) “Sea-fight?”

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

4. The poet proclaims in Section 42, “This is the city and I am one of the” what?
(a) “Caretakers.”
(b) “Children.”
(c) “Leaders.”
(d) “Citizens.”

5. What creature “in his tough pimples sleeps by the bayou” in Section 33?
(a) The alligator.
(b) The frog.
(c) The wild boar.
(d) The owl.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To whom does the poet say “I might tell how I like you, but cannot” in Section 40?

3. What does the narrator claim “indicates the moment” in Section 44?

4. What does the poet say he opens at night to “see the far-sprinkled systems” in Section 45?

5. What archaic word in Section 31 refers to an ant?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is implied of “the journey” of life in Section 44?

2. What have the “sentries” done, according to the narrator in Section 28?

3. What does the poet question and attempt to answer in Section 40 of the poem?

4. What does the poet remark about animals in the opening of Section 32?

5. What reaction does the poet have to his circumstances in the opening of Section 38?

6. What does the poet tell the world’s “priests” in Section 43?

7. To what are flames compared in Section 28? Why?

8. Which of the five senses is introduced in Section 27? What animal is cited in this section?

9. Where does the poet “stand” in Section 44? What conclusion has he reached?

10. How does Whitman address the vastness of the world in Section 33?

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