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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Idols of the Tribe.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does "The Shift of Gears" take place?
(a) A garage.
(b) A yard.
(c) A school.
(d) A house.

2. What does the mechanic in "The Shift of Gears" compare shifting too?
(a) Riding a bike.
(b) Riding a horse.
(c) Eating soup.
(d) Sewing.

3. What does the mechanic in "The Shift of Gears" tell the narrator?
(a) His car needs gas.
(b) Boats are out of fashion.
(c) Motercycles are dangerous.
(d) He shifts too aggressively

4. Where do the workers in "The Shipwright" feel they are citizens of?
(a) Italy.
(b) Asia.
(c) Earth.
(d) Europe.

5. In "When Great Dogs Fight" what does the mongrel steal at the end of the poem?
(a) A slice of bread.
(b) A steak.
(c) A toy.
(d) A bone.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the hillmen think they should not build?

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

3. How does the poet describe Michael in "Old Man Michael"?

4. How does the narrator describe hate in "The Idols of the Tribe"?

5. Where does Tolson repeat the same stanzas of the poem "The Mountain Climber"?

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