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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Government Assistance or My Soul," the poet writes that "All unemployed aren't" what?
(a) Lazy.
(b) Dumb.
(c) On welfare.
(d) Poor.

2. What does Shakur write "becomes your routine friend" in "When Ure Heart Turns Cold"?
(a) Despair.
(b) Hatred.
(c) Loneliness.
(d) Violence.

3. Whose blood does the poet write of being in his veins in "For Mrs. Hawkins"?
(a) Mohammed.
(b) Ghandi.
(c) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(d) Malcolm X.

4. The last line of "The Rose That Grew from Concrete" reads, "Long live the rose that grew from concrete when no one else ever" what?
(a) Wondered.
(b) Saw.
(c) Cared.
(d) Knew.

5. What "means nothing" in "When Ure Heart Turns Cold"?
(a) "A baby's cry."
(b) "A father's pride."
(c) "A mother's love."
(d) "The life of another."

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Shining Star Within," the poet writes, "in this place no one Dares 2 Breathe / in Fear of" what?

2. "From First Glance" is dedicated to whom?

3. Who does Shakur write "has been defeated by you" in "U R Ripping Us Apart!!!"?

4. What did "they" order the execution of in "Just a Breath of Freedom"?

5. The final lines of "1st Impressions" say, "we kissed again and I felt the passion / and this was" what?

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