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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Libretto for the Republic of Liberia.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word does Tolson put a question mark after many times in "Libretto for the Republic of Liberia"?
(a) Liberia.
(b) Slave.
(c) Republic.
(d) Freedom.

2. In "Libretto for the Republic of Liberia," what is the gateway for black Americans to the eastern world?
(a) Mother earth.
(b) The ocean.
(c) Liberia.
(d) Education.

3. How does the poet describe the mongrel in "When Great Dogs Fight"?
(a) Strong.
(b) Mean.
(c) Weak.
(d) Loving.

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

5. What sounds does the poet hear in "Rendezvous With America"?
(a) Cats and dogs.
(b) Bells and whistles.
(c) The sounds of industry.
(d) The sounds of revolution.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the poet of "Rendezvous With America" claim America will face?

2. What war influences Tolson in "Tapestries of Time"?

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

4. How does the geologist in "A Primer for Today" claim change occurs?

5. Who breaks her leg in "African China"?

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