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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What famous bar in New York City is cited in the dedication of "From First Glance"?
(a) Pop's.
(b) Pip's.
(c) Zap's.
(d) Zip's.

2. To whom is "Carmencita of the Bronx!" dedicated?
(a) Christina.
(b) Carmen.
(c) Carrol.
(d) Colleen.

3. What does the poet write "you reeked of" in "1st Impressions"?
(a) "Righteous pride."
(b) "Sultry confidence."
(c) "Inner beauty."
(d) "Healthy imagination."

4. In "From First Glance," the poet writes, "The circumstances don't even matter because my heart" what?
(a) "Is true."
(b) "Knows the truth."
(c) "Can hear U."
(d) "Never lies."

5. What does the poet write attracted him first in "1st Impressions"?
(a) "Your mind."
(b) "Your eyes."
(c) "Your spirit."
(d) "Your voice."

6. What line follows "Together we can never fall" in "If There Be Pain"?
(a) "Because our love will conquer all."
(b) "Because we are on the ball."
(c) "Because I'm at the mall."
(d) "Because we've heard the call."

7. What is the first thing the poet lists in "Things That Make Hearts Break"?
(a) "Deceiving laughs."
(b) "People who dream with their eyes open."
(c) "Pretty smiles."
(d) "Lonely children."

8. What does the poet say his "negative side" will want to do in "Black Woman"?
(a) "Break U."
(b) "Know U."
(c) "Dominate U."
(d) "Change U."

9. Shakur opens "Black Woman" with "The day I met u I saw" what?
(a) Strength.
(b) Peace.
(c) Beauty.
(d) Anger.

10. "From First Glance" is dedicated to whom?
(a) Michelle.
(b) Yolanda.
(c) Samantha.
(d) Jennifer.

11. In the final lines of "My Dearest One!!" Shakur writes, "I prayed and watched the distant stars / and finally" what?
(a) "Made u a reality."
(b) "My stomach quivers my body shivers."
(c) "U came 2 me!"
(d) "GOD knew what I wanted.

12. What is the final poem of Section 1?
(a) "God."
(b) "Joyous."
(c) "Self."
(d) "Restitution."

13. What is the second thing the poet lists in "Things That Make Hearts Break"?
(a) "Pretty smiles."
(b) "Deceiving laughs."
(c) "People who dream with their eyes open."
(d) "Lonely children."

14. Who was Tupac's first professional manager with whom he left the poems of "The Rose That Grew from Concrete"?
(a) Don King.
(b) Marvin Johnston.
(c) Leila Steinberg.
(d) Javier Rodriguez.

15. According to the Preface, "There was never a day when Tupac did not appreciate" what?
(a) Women.
(b) Irony.
(c) Life.
(d) Language.

Short Answer Questions

1. "1st Impressions" is dedicated to whom?

2. In "Sometimes I Cry," Shakur writes "The world moves fast and it would rather pass us by / Than 2 stop and C" what?

3. Who wrote the Forward: "Tupac, C U in Heaven"?

4. In "Under the Skies Above," Shakur writes, "Whether he is born in wealth or poverty / there will be no deficiency" in what?

5. Of what does the poet write "nah I leave the cutting up 2 Dize" in "Only 4 The Righteous"?

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