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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What emotion does the narrator of "Babylon" express?
2. How does the poet describe the people that flock to America in "Rendezvous With America"?
3. What do the wise people think of the hillmen's opinions in "Vesuvius"?
4. Where did the one sharecropper travel in "The Ballad of the Rattlesnake"?
5. What does love equal in "If You Should Lie to Me"?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Tolson remove black men from responsibility in "Larghetto"?
2. What will bring death to the narrator in "If You Should Lie to Me"?
3. Why do the black men laugh at the farmer in "Old Man Michael"?
4. List two important, historical people that Tolson mentions in "Rendezvous with America." Why does he mention these people, and what did they contribute to America?
5. Why does the narrator in "An Ex-Judge at the Bar" feel guilty, and how does he appease this guilt?
6. How does Tolson describe the common people in "Rendezvous with America"?
7. What is the poet trying to prove in his poem "Rendezvous with America"? How does he prove this?
8. How is hatred the downfall of white men in "The Blindness of Scorn"?
9. What might "The Shift of Gears" be a metaphor for?
10. What does Tolson mean when he suggests there is truth in death in "A Song for Myself"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Define the term foreshadow. How does Tolson use foreshadowing in his poems? Provide two examples of foreshadowing and the events they predict.
Essay Topic 2
Choose two significant events Tolson mentions in "Rendezvous With America." What are these events and why does Tolson include them in this poem?
Essay Topic 3
How does description play a role in an author's work? How does the author use description to draw the reader into the poem? What are some examples where the description does not work? Cite two poems and explain how the description helps or hinders the poet's message.
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