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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 announces in Section 40, “To any one dying, thither I speed and twist” what?
(a) “The knob of the door.”
(b) “The knife in the wound.”
(c) “The sword in the cloud.”
(d) “The hand of the attic.”

2. In the final lines of Section 25, the poet claims, “Writing and talk do not prove me, I carry the plenum of proof and every thing else in my” what?
(a) “Face.”
(b) “Body.”
(c) “Mind.”
(d) “Spirit.”

3. The narrator says in Section 25, “My voice goes after what my” what “cannot reach”?
(a) “Nose.”
(b) “Lips.”
(c) “Fingertips.”
(d) “Eyes.”

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

5. What is described as “the cataract falling like a veil over my countenance” in Section 33?
(a) The Nile.
(b) The Atlantic Ocean.
(c) Bridal Veil Falls.
(d) Niagara.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of animals, the poet says in Section 32, “Not one is dissatisfied, not one is demented with the mania of” what?

2. By whom does the narrator say he has been “given up” in Section 28?

3. Section 45 begins, “O span of youth! Ever-push’d” what?

4. The narrator offers “biscuits to eat” and what to drink to the “dear son” in Section 46?

5. “Behavior” is described as “lawless” as what in Section 39?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the motif of the journey described in Section 46 of the poem?

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

3. What conclusions does the poet reach in Section 31?

4. With what characters does the narrator relate in Section 37?

5. What setting does the narrator take the reader to in Section 34?

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

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

8. What war is described in Sections 35 and 36? How does the poet describe the aftermath of the battle?

9. What sense and expression is discussed in the opening of Section 25?

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

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