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

2. Who meets at Versailles?
(a) Woodrow Wilson.
(b) June Cleaver.
(c) President Obama.
(d) Louis XVI.

3. What do the people of Addis Ababa want to the bard to do?
(a) Heal them.
(b) Empower them.
(c) Berate them.
(d) Feed them.

4. What is culturally empty compared to Liberia according to "Libretto for the Republic of Liberia"?
(a) The theater.
(b) Europe.
(c) America.
(d) Asia.

5. What Indian tribe tied up the man in "The Ballad of the Rattlesnake"?
(a) Algonquin.
(b) Seminole.
(c) Apache.
(d) Sioux.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What animal is mentioned in "A Legend of Versailles"?

3. Who is "The Triumph Aster" dedicated to?

4. In the poem "Old House," whose ghost is not welcome?

5. Who is Abraham Lincoln's mother in "Abraham Lincoln of Rock Springs Farm"?

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