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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first line of "The Sun and the Moon"?
(a) "Warm 2 many but 2 strong 4 some."
(b) "Your ways R similar 2 the rays of the sun."
(c) "The eyes of mortal men who threaten u with doom."
(d) "Watched 4 2 long and your brilliance will blind."

2. To whom is "The Shining Star Within" dedicated?
(a) Marilyn Monroe.
(b) Michael Jordan.
(c) Jesus Christ.
(d) Princess Diana.

3. In the only untitled poem of Section 1, Shakur writes, "Please wake me when I'm free / I cannot bear" what?
(a) Captivity.
(b) Prison.
(c) Silence.
(d) Slavery.

4. To whom did the poet dedicate "When Ure Hero Falls"?
(a) "My Hero."
(b) "My Hero My Father.
(c) "My Father."
(d) "My Hero My Mother."

5. What did "they" order the execution of in "Just a Breath of Freedom"?
(a) "All minds they couldn't control."
(b) "Active Imaginations."
(c) "Free thinking."
(d) "Intelligence."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the poet say his "negative side" will want to do in "Black Woman"?

2. In "When Ure Heart Turns Cold," Shakur writes that "When your heart turns cold" it causes what?

3. What line of "In the Depths of Solitude" follows "How can I be in the depths of solitude"?

4. What is the third thing the poet lists in "Things That Make Hearts Break"?

5. Shakur writes in "Family Tree," "I was the tree who grew from" what?

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