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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) "Watched 4 2 long and your brilliance will blind."
(d) "The eyes of mortal men who threaten u with doom."

3. What are exposed "when your hero falls from grace" in "When Ure Hero Falls"?
(a) Myths.
(b) Powers.
(c) Riddles.
(d) Truths.

4. What is magnified "when your hero falls from grace" in "When Ure Hero Falls"?
(a) Pain.
(b) Patriotism.
(c) Sorrow.
(d) Imperfections.

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

6. The poet writes in "Or My Soul" that he's in a country with no what?
(a) Flag.
(b) Army.
(c) Borders.
(d) Path.

7. What are uncovered "when your hero falls from grace" in "When Ure Hero Falls"?
(a) "All fairy tales."
(b) "Many flaws."
(c) "The truth."
(d) "Hidden powers."

8. What autobiography did Huey Newton write?
(a) Suicide Storm.
(b) Suicidal Tendencies.
(c) Suicide on My Mind.
(d) Revolutionary Suicide.

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

10. Where was George Jackson shot to death?
(a) Pelican Bay State Prison.
(b) San Quentin Prison.
(c) High Desert State Prison.
(d) Folsom Prison.

11. With what organization was Geronimo ji-Jaga involved?
(a) The Humane Society.
(b) The Hells Angels.
(c) The Black Panthers.
(d) The Bloods.

12. Shakur writes in "Liberty Needs Glasses" that "Justice stubbed her Big Toe on" whom?
(a) "Castro."
(b) "Nixon."
(c) "The Indians."
(d) "Mandela."

13. For whom is "Just a Breath of Freedom" written?
(a) Nelson Mandela.
(b) Harriet Tubman.
(c) Martin Luther King Jr.
(d) Bob Marley.

14. Along with Lady Liberty, who needs glasses in "Liberty Needs Glasses"?
(a) "Mrs. Justice."
(b) "Nurse Justice."
(c) "Grandma Justice."
(d) "Sister Justice."

15. "Nightmares" is dedicated to whom?
(a) "Mother."
(b) "The Defenseless."
(c) "Those Curious."
(d) "Criminals."

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Shakur write "has been defeated by you" in "U R Ripping Us Apart!!!"?

2. What "can take Blame / For the evil that makes U cry" in "Nightmares"?

3. What is the first line of "Just a Breath of Freedom"?

4. What was an underground, black nationalist-Marxist militant organization that operated in the United States from 1970 to 1981?

5. In "Family Tree," the poet asks whether the beauty is in the tree or in what?

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