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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who meets in the sanctuary in "The Triumph Aster"?
(a) North and South.
(b) East and West.
(c) Children.
(d) A man and woman.
2. What question does Tolson ask in "The Mountain Climber"?
(a) How long it takes to climb a mountain.
(b) Why the climber quits his job.
(c) Why the moon never shines on the mountain.
(d) Why the climber risks his life.
3. What do the people of Addis Ababa want to the bard to do?
(a) Empower them.
(b) Feed them.
(c) Heal them.
(d) Berate them.
4. What does the white man tell the black man to forget in "Andante Sostenuto"?
(a) Money.
(b) Family.
(c) Pain.
(d) Slavery.
5. What does the black man want in "Tempo Primo"?
(a) Wealth.
(b) Fame.
(c) A better tomorrow.
(d) Justice.
Short Answer Questions
1. What president is mentioned in "The Dictionary of the Wolf"?
2. What does the poet think of Crispus Attucks?
3. What does Tolson hope for in the poem "A Song for Myself"?
4. How do the black men respond to the farmer in "Old Man Michael"?
5. What object does the craftsman in "Damascus Bride" make?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does no one listen to the hillman in the poem "Vesuvius"?
2. What does Tolson believe the "new black man" embodies according to "Tempo Primo"?
3. Describe Tolson's vision of a poet in the "The Poet."
4. What historical events does Tolson believe tested the powers of Americans in "Rendezvous with America"? What was the result of these events?
5. What will bring death to the narrator in "If You Should Lie to Me"?
6. What is Tolson's final message to the reader in "Tempo di Marcia"?
7. In "A Scholar Looks at an Oak," how is the black man represented?
8. How does Tolson demonstrate that Crispus Attucks is a hero in "Allegro Moderato"?
9. Why do the black men laugh at the farmer in "Old Man Michael"?
10. What is the significance of the the sign in "The Town of Fathers" that reads "The Blackest Land / And The Whitest People"?
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