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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was a system of legal racial segregation enforced by the National Party government of South Africa between 1948 and 1994?
(a) The Colored Barrier.
(b) Prejudice.
(c) Apartheid.
(d) The Black White Divide.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Tupac Shakur's stepfather?

2. In "U R Ripping Us Apart!!!" the poet writes, "Before u came the triangle never" what?

3. The poet claims in "Government Assistance or My Soul" that he would "go hungry and homeless" before what?

4. "Government Assistance or My Soul" describes what animal imagery?

5. What does Shakur refer to Ronald Reagan as in "Liberty Needs Glasses"?

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