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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Idols of the Tribe.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does the poet discuss in "A Song for Myself"?
(a) Children.
(b) Church.
(c) Water creatures.
(d) The soul.
2. What emotion does the narrator of "Babylon" express?
(a) Fear.
(b) Disgust.
(c) Joy.
(d) Pride.
3. What does the bard in "The Bard of Addis Ababa" chant about?
(a) Freedom.
(b) War.
(c) Pain.
(d) God.
4. What does Tolson claim in "Dark Symphony" that the black man has less of then white men?
(a) Power.
(b) Anger.
(c) Greed.
(d) Land.
5. In "Tempo Primo," what black heroes are mentioned?
(a) Justice Clarence Thomas.
(b) President Obama.
(c) Harriet Tubman.
(d) Jesse Jackson.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where did the one sharecropper travel in "The Ballad of the Rattlesnake"?
2. What did slaves do on slaves ships in "Lento Grave"?
3. What does the mechanic in "The Shift of Gears" tell the narrator?
4. Who does the skull the mountain climber finds belong to?
5. What will black people overcome according to "Tempo di Marcia"?
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