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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 does the Malay claim in "The Blindness of Scorn" put people on the attack?
(a) Love.
(b) Teasing.
(c) Affairs.
(d) Hatred.

2. What is a Hamlet?
(a) A ring.
(b) A flower.
(c) A murder.
(d) A slice of meat.

3. Who is Crispus Attucks?
(a) A band.
(b) A theif.
(c) A martyr in the American Revolution.
(d) A doctor.

4. What does Liberia represent in "Libretto for the Republic of Liberia"?
(a) Freedom.
(b) Corruption.
(c) A new Africa.
(d) Hell.

5. What is the town logo in "The Town of Fathers"?
(a) "Where beauty is just."
(b) "Freedom and Justice for all."
(c) "The Blackest Land / And The Whitest People."
(d) "If you lived here you would be home by now."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the result in "Rendezvous With America," of the historic places the poet speaks of?

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

4. Who is Wu Shang in "African China"?

5. Who is Louis Brandeis?

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