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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Family Tree," the poet asks whether the beauty is in the tree or in what?
(a) Roots.
(b) Sky.
(c) The forest.
(d) Leaves.

2. In "So I Say GOODBYE," the poet writes, "I've decided 2 follow my heart and abandon" what?
(a) "Hatred."
(b) "The ghetto."
(c) "My mind."
(d) "You."

3. Shakur writes in "Family Tree," "I was the tree who grew from" what?
(a) Concrete.
(b) Weeds.
(c) Granite.
(d) Water.

4. "For Mrs. Hawkins" is written in the memory of whom?
(a) Joseph Hawk.
(b) James Joseph.
(c) Yusef Hawk.
(d) Yusef James.

5. Oliver North was involved in what political scandal?
(a) The Vietnam war.
(b) Watergate.
(c) The Kennedy assassination.
(d) Iran-Contra Affair.

6. The poet concludes "Or My Soul" saying that he is giving what?
(a) "Everything to Charity."
(b) "Nothing Up."
(c) "The Ultimatum."
(d) "My Notice."

7. Shakur concludes "Liberty Needs Glasses" with the lines, "I mean really if anyone really valued life / and cared about the masses / They'd take 'em both 2 ____ / and get 2 pairs of glasses."
(a) "Sears Optical."
(b) "Walmart."
(c) "The Optometrist."
(d) "Pen Optical."

8. To whom is "Family Tree" dedicated?
(a) "Mother."
(b) "Sister."
(c) "Brother."
(d) "Father."

9. Where is Howard Beach?
(a) Baltimore, Maryland.
(b) Atlantic City, New Jersey.
(c) Hoboken, New Jersey.
(d) Queens, New York.

10. "No-Win" is subtitled what?
(a) "Incentive."
(b) "No Fight."
(c) "Trapped."
(d) "Dream Poem."

11. What was an underground, black nationalist-Marxist militant organization that operated in the United States from 1970 to 1981?
(a) The Black Power Movement.
(b) The Black Panthers.
(c) The Black Night.
(d) The Black Liberation Army.

12. When did Nelson Mandela serve as the President of South Africa?
(a) 1988-1993.
(b) 1994 -1999.
(c) 1990-1995.
(d) 1985-1990.

13. What city is the executive and de facto national capital of South Africa?
(a) Cape Town.
(b) Mangaung.
(c) Pretoria.
(d) Johannesburg.

14. In "U R Ripping Us Apart!!!" the poet writes, "Before u came the triangle never" what?
(a) Sealed.
(b) Ran.
(c) Broke.
(d) Collapsed.

15. What is the first line of the only untitled poem in Section 3?
(a) "Joy is overcome by Pain."
(b) "The night is overcome by Brightness."
(c) "And Love-it remains the same"
(d) "Strength is overcome by weakness."

Short Answer Questions

1. "Or My Soul" is dedicated to whom?

2. What "remains the same" in the only untitled poem of Section 3?

3. What does the poet write the shores of Howard Beach are full of in "How Can We Be Free"?

4. Along with Lady Liberty, who needs glasses in "Liberty Needs Glasses"?

5. Geronimo ji-Jaga was targeted by what FBI program?

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