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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Song for Myself Poems.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What should separate the rose and the thorn in "The Unknown Soldier"?
(a) Justice.
(b) Liberty.
(c) Love.
(d) Power.

2. When does the town of fathers meet?
(a) March 6th.
(b) September 8th.
(c) July 4th.
(d) June 4th.

3. In "The Shift of Gears," what does the man fix?
(a) His bike.
(b) His motercycle.
(c) His car.
(d) His boat.

4. According to "A Song for Myself," what can one find in death?
(a) Peace.
(b) Anger.
(c) Truth.
(d) Hunger.

5. What sounds does the poet hear in "Rendezvous With America"?
(a) Bells and whistles.
(b) Cats and dogs.
(c) The sounds of industry.
(d) The sounds of revolution.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the one sharecropper travel in "The Ballad of the Rattlesnake"?

2. What does the mechanic in "The Shift of Gears" compare shifting too?

3. What industries does the poet describe in "Rendezvous With America"?

4. In "The Ballad of the Rattlesnake," what are the sharecroppers doing?

5. What hurts the farmer's feet in "Old Man Michael"?

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