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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. Who is Lin Yutang?
(a) A writer.
(b) A painter.
(c) A scientist.
(d) A boxer.
2. Where does Tolson repeat the same stanzas of the poem "The Mountain Climber"?
(a) The middle and end.
(b) Never.
(c) The begining and middle.
(d) The beginning and end.
3. What happens to the teacher at the end of "The Gallows"?
(a) He receives several awards.
(b) The town shoots him.
(c) He marries.
(d) The town hangs him.
4. Where is "Vesuvius" located?
(a) Germany.
(b) France.
(c) Costa Rica.
(d) Italy.
5. Who does the man fight for in "The Furlough"?
(a) Hi family.
(b) His friend.
(c) His lover.
(d) His fellow soldiers.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the name of an historic place Tolson visits in "Rendezvous With America"?
2. What emotion does the narrator of "Babylon" express?
3. How many historic places does Tolson plan to rendezvous at?
4. What is La Guardia's ethnic background?
5. What does the historian want to know in "A Primer for Today"?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the story of the sheep and the wolf in "The Dictionary of the Wolf" symbolize racism?
2. Why is it important that Tolson does not identify the race of the person who tells the story in "The Ballad of the Rattlesnake"?
3. How does Babylon symbolize America in the poem "Babylon"?
4. Describe the bard in "The Bard of Addis Ababa."
5. What is the poet trying to prove in his poem "Rendezvous with America"? How does he prove this?
6. What does Tolson hope for himself in the poem "A Song for Myself"? What does he hope for the reader?
7. Why does no one listen to the hillman in the poem "Vesuvius"?
8. Why do the black men laugh at the farmer in "Old Man Michael"?
9. How does Tolson describe the common people in "Rendezvous with America"?
10. What will bring death to the narrator in "If You Should Lie to Me"?
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