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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Tupac Shakur born?
(a) 1973.
(b) 1974.
(c) 1971.
(d) 1969.

2. What does Shakur write is his "only recreation" in "Only 4 The Righteous"?
(a) Basketball.
(b) Rapping.
(c) Drugs.
(d) Sex.

3. What is the first line of "When I Do Kiss U"?
(a) "U haven't recovered from the pain of the past."
(b) "U say that u'll love me forever but what about today."
(c) "U saw innocence at its best."
(d) "I haven't yet for reasons of your own."

4. In "And Still I Love U," what follows the lines, "I don't have everything / as a matter of fact I don't have anything"?
(a) "4 without u here my joy is through."
(b) "There is 2 much of me that."
(c) "Introduced with innocence."
(d) "Except dream of a better day."

5. Who wrote the Preface of "The Rose That Grew from Concrete"?
(a) Afeni Shakur.
(b) Irungu Shakur.
(c) Abidugun Shakur.
(d) Madhubuti Shakur.

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

7. When did Tupac Shakur die?
(a) 1999.
(b) 1998.
(c) 1995.
(d) 1996.

8. What line follows "I am not a perfectionist" in "The Eternal Lament"?
(a) "And all of my free time will be spent."
(b) "From my mind 2 the depths of my soul."
(c) "But still I seek perfection."
(d) "On the 1's I miss I will lament."

9. What does the poet write he lives "like a prisoner" of in the untitled poem in Section 1?
(a) Ignorance.
(b) Poverty.
(c) Hatred.
(d) Pride.

10. To whom is "Nothing Can Come Between Us" dedicated?
(a) Todd.
(b) John.
(c) James.
(d) Mark.

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

12. In the final lines of "The Fear in the Heart of a Man," the poet writes, "I may receive great joy or u may return it" how?
(a) "With reciept."
(b) "With anger."
(c) "Ripped apart."
(d) "Wrapped in plastic."

13. The poetry in "The Rose That Grew from Concrete" was written from 1989 until when?
(a) 1990.
(b) 1991.
(c) 1992.
(d) 1995.

14. In "Forever and Today," Shakur writes"And if my doubts and ?'s upset u, forgive" what?
(a) "Yourself."
(b) "My fragile heart."
(c) "My wandering mind."
(d) "My point of view."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom is "Black Woman" dedicated?

2. In "Love Is Just Complicated," Shakur writes, "I thought I wanted "A" / But "A" was 2 mixed up with" what?

3. What is the second thing the poet lists in "Things That Make Hearts Break"?

4. "The Fear in the Heart of a Man" is dedicated to whom?

5. "1st Impressions" is dedicated to whom?

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