Part A
What is a theme of "Song of the Open Road"?
A trip can enable people to feel free to examine who they really are.
An excursion to a famous location allows someone to be around others.
Traveling to a national landmark connects people to others.
Visiting a historical site makes historical events come alive.
Question 2
Part B
Which two quotes from the poem best help Whitman develop the theme identified in Part A?
"From this hour, freedom! / From this hour I ordain myself loos’d of limits and imaginary lines,"
"I can repeat over to men and women, You have done such good to me, I would do the same to you."
"Going where I list, my own master, total and absolute,"
"I will recruit for myself and you as I go; / I will scatter myself among men and women as I go;"
