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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Song for Myself Poems.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Frederick Douglas famous for being?
(a) A musician.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A painter.
(d) An abolitionist.

2. Who is Louis Brandeis?
(a) A supreme court justice.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A wrestler.
(d) A boxer.

3. What act of nature does the oak tree face in "A Scholar Looks at an Oak"?
(a) Storms.
(b) Tsunami.
(c) Earthquakes.
(d) Blizzards.

4. Who does Tolson compare the mountain climber's plight to?
(a) Ghandi.
(b) Napoleon.
(c) His father.
(d) Ceaser.

5. Who are the bad men in America according to the poem "Rendezvous With America"?
(a) Lawyers.
(b) Politicians.
(c) Republicans and Democrats.
(d) Ku Klux Klan and anti-Semites.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tolson say forgetting is akin to in "Andante Sostenuto"?

2. Who does the skull the mountain climber finds belong to?

3. What does the poet discuss in "A Song for Myself"?

4. What crash does "Larghetto" assert black men were not involved in?

5. What sounds does the poet hear in "Rendezvous With America"?

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