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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sonnets.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tolson hope for in the poem "A Song for Myself"?
(a) A good afterlife.
(b) Power.
(c) Romance.
(d) Peace on earth.

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

3. In "Larghetto," what has the black man not contributed to?
(a) Slavery,
(b) The wrongdoings of white men.
(c) Education.
(d) War.

4. What does the Malay claim in "The Blindness of Scorn" put people on the attack?
(a) Teasing.
(b) Affairs.
(c) Love.
(d) Hatred.

5. How many parts is the poem "Dark Symphony"?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Tolson repeat the same stanzas of the poem "The Mountain Climber"?

2. How do the black men respond to the farmer in "Old Man Michael"?

3. How might one view America after reading "Rendezvous With America"?

4. What does the poet of "Rendezvous With America" claim America will face?

5. Who does the man fight for in "The Furlough"?

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