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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. What does the poet of "Rendezvous With America" claim America will face?
(a) A war with Russia.
(b) 9/11.
(c) Great Wealth.
(d) Challenges.

2. In "If You Should Lie to Me," who is the narrator speaking to?
(a) His lover.
(b) His son.
(c) His brother.
(d) His mother.

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

4. Who meets at Versailles?
(a) President Obama.
(b) Woodrow Wilson.
(c) June Cleaver.
(d) Louis XVI.

5. Who does the man fight for in "The Furlough"?
(a) Hi family.
(b) His lover.
(c) His friend.
(d) His fellow soldiers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is the object the craftsman in "Damascus Bride" makes?

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

3. What does Tolson claim in "Dark Symphony" that the black man has less of then white men?

4. In the poem "Rendezvous With America," what is the population that arrives in America like?

5. What is a Hamlet?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Tolson hope for himself in the poem "A Song for Myself"? What does he hope for the reader?

2. What will bring death to the narrator in "If You Should Lie to Me"?

3. Describe the bard in "The Bard of Addis Ababa."

4. What is Tolson's final message to the reader in "Tempo di Marcia"?

5. How does "The Street Called Straight" become crooked?

6. How does Tolson demonstrate that Crispus Attucks is a hero in "Allegro Moderato"?

7. How does Tolson remove black men from responsibility in "Larghetto"?

8. How does Babylon symbolize America in the poem "Babylon"?

9. What is the meaning of the bones of both the snake and the man are left in the dessert in "The Ballad of the Rattlesnake"?

10. In "Dark Symphony," how does Tolson suggest black men formed a brotherhood?

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