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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Fugitive Poems.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the white man tell the black man to forget in "Andante Sostenuto"?
(a) Pain.
(b) Money.
(c) Family.
(d) Slavery.

2. What is the poem "Vesuvius" about?
(a) A mountain.
(b) An earthquake.
(c) A Greek god.
(d) A volcano.

3. What does the poet compare the foundation of America to in "Larghetto"?
(a) A house.
(b) A stream.
(c) An ocean.
(d) A desert.

4. What concept does the poem "Tempo Primo" discuss?
(a) The new black man.
(b) Future versus past.
(c) Education in America.
(d) The harlem pride.

5. How many parts is the poem "Dark Symphony"?
(a) 2.
(b) 6.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of animal is featured in "The Bard of Addis Ababa"?

2. What emotion does the narrator of "Babylon" express?

3. What does Tolson say forgetting is akin to in "Andante Sostenuto"?

4. Where do the workers in "The Shipwright" feel they are citizens of?

5. What is the poem "The Man from Halicarnassus" about?

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