The Rose That Grew from Concrete Test | Final Test - Easy

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The Rose That Grew from Concrete Test | Final Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Geronimo ji-Jaga convicted of to kidnapping and murdering?
(a) Mary Williams.
(b) Betty Davis.
(c) Caroline Olsen.
(d) Josephine McDonald.

2. "Government Assistance or My Soul" describes what animal imagery?
(a) A cheetah.
(b) A panther.
(c) A jaguar.
(d) A lion.

3. What does the poet say [you] raise in pride in "Just a Breath of Freedom"?
(a) "The Curtain of Oppression."
(b) "Your Flag."
(c) "Expectations."
(d) "Your Regal Brow."

4. What group did Huey Newton found?
(a) The Black Panther Party for Peace.
(b) The Black Panther Party for Self Defense.
(c) The Black Panther Party for Justice.
(d) The Black Panther Party for Equal Right.

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

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

7. Shakur concludes the poem "The Promise" stating, "Trickery does not succeed / with those with" what?
(a) "Honest Hearts."
(b) "A Well Informed Mind."
(c) "A Pure Heart."
(d) "Fool-proof Glasses."

8. Who was liberty misquoted by in "Liberty Needs Glasses"?
(a) "Malcolm X."
(b) "Mandela."
(c) "The Indians."
(d) "Reagan."

9. How many years did Geronimo ji-Jaga spend in prison for kidnapping and murder?
(a) 27 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 18 years.

10. In "Family Tree," the poet writes, "Because we all spring / from different trees / we are not created" what?
(a) Alike.
(b) At the same time.
(c) Equally.
(d) Similarly.

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

12. What "is not happy at all" "when your hero falls from grace" in "When Ure Hero Falls"?
(a) "Your heart."
(b) "Your body."
(c) "Your mind."
(d) "Your soul."

13. What is the answer the poet supplies in "The Unanswerable?" to the question "When will there be peace on earth?"
(a) "When the earth falls 2 pieces!"
(b) "When U are free."
(c) "When everyone is equal."
(d) "In 100 years."

14. What does Shakur refer to Ronald Reagan as in "Liberty Needs Glasses"?
(a) "Idiot."
(b) "The Prez."
(c) "Ronnie."
(d) "Cowboy."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Howard Beach?

2. What name was given to three African American inmates charged with the murder of white prison guard John V. Mills at California's Soledad Prison on January 16, 1970?

3. When did Nelson Mandela win the Nobel Peace Prize?

4. "No-Win" is subtitled what?

5. With what organization was Geronimo ji-Jaga involved?

(see the answer keys)

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