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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Libretto for the Republic of Liberia.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What emotion does the narrator of "Babylon" express?
(a) Disgust.
(b) Joy.
(c) Pride.
(d) Fear.

2. What is a Hamlet?
(a) A ring.
(b) A slice of meat.
(c) A flower.
(d) A murder.

3. In "The Blindness of Scorn," what does the Malay guide become caught in?
(a) Quick. Sand.
(b) A snake's coil.
(c) A sink hole.
(d) A web.

4. What does Tolson claim in "Dark Symphony" that the black man has less of then white men?
(a) Power.
(b) Land.
(c) Anger.
(d) Greed.

5. What is culturally empty compared to Liberia according to "Libretto for the Republic of Liberia"?
(a) America.
(b) Asia.
(c) The theater.
(d) Europe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does time move on despite in "Tapestries of Time"?

2. How does the poet assert in "Dark Symphony" that black slaves created a brotherhood?

3. What does the poet of "The Idols of the Tribe" believe is in every society?

4. Who is La Guardia?

5. What do the townspeople become interested in during the poem "The Street Called Straight"?

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