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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Dark Symphony.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does Tolson say blacks were enslaved in "Andante Sostenuto"?
(a) 100 years.
(b) 500 years.
(c) 50 years.
(d) 300 years.

2. How does the poet describe the people that flock to America in "Rendezvous With America"?
(a) Angry.
(b) Criminal.
(c) Poor.
(d) Great.

3. What concept does the poem "Tempo Primo" discuss?
(a) Future versus past.
(b) The new black man.
(c) Education in America.
(d) The harlem pride.

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

5. How do the black men respond to the farmer in "Old Man Michael"?
(a) They hate him.
(b) They kick him.
(c) They laugh at him.
(d) They fear him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Tolson compare the mountain climber's plight to?

2. Who does the skull the mountain climber finds belong to?

3. Who are the bad men in America according to the poem "Rendezvous With America"?

4. What religion is Louis Brandeis?

5. What does the poet think of Crispus Attucks?

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