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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Song for Myself Poems.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of an historic place Tolson visits in "Rendezvous With America"?
(a) Empire State Building.
(b) Normandy.
(c) Eiffel tower.
(d) Pearl Harbor.

2. Who is Louis Brandeis?
(a) A supreme court justice.
(b) A boxer.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A wrestler.

3. What does the poet of "Rendezvous With America" claim America will face?
(a) Great Wealth.
(b) 9/11.
(c) A war with Russia.
(d) Challenges.

4. How might one view America after reading "Rendezvous With America"?
(a) Melting pot.
(b) Terrible.
(c) Wealthy.
(d) Racist.

5. What should separate the rose and the thorn in "The Unknown Soldier"?
(a) Justice.
(b) Liberty.
(c) Love.
(d) Power.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the bartender judge the narrator in "An Ex-Judge at the Bar"?

2. In "When Great Dogs Fight" what does the mongrel steal at the end of the poem?

3. What does the black man want in "Tempo Primo"?

4. What does the poet discuss in "A Song for Myself"?

5. What does Tolson claim in "Dark Symphony" that the black man has less of then white men?

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