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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Dark Symphony.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What industries does the poet describe in "Rendezvous With America"?
(a) Hammers and cash registers.
(b) Cars and trucks.
(c) Steam train and tractor.
(d) Cotton and oil.

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

3. Who are the white men mentioned in "Rendezvous With America"?
(a) Daniel Boone and Jesse James.
(b) Davy Crockett and Paul Bunyon.
(c) George Bush and Bill Clinton.
(d) Ben Franklin and George Washington.

4. Who is Stokowski?
(a) A lawyer.
(b) A painter.
(c) A composer.
(d) A doctor.

5. How does the poet describe the people that flock to America in "Rendezvous With America"?
(a) Criminal.
(b) Angry.
(c) Great.
(d) Poor.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "When Great Dogs Fight" what does the mongrel steal at the end of the poem?

2. Who is Louis Brandeis?

3. How does the poet assert in "Dark Symphony" that black slaves created a brotherhood?

4. What does the poet of "Rendezvous With America" claim America will face?

5. What does the white man tell the black man to forget in "Andante Sostenuto"?

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