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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Ballad of the Rattlesnake," what are the sharecroppers doing?
(a) Dancing.
(b) Working in the field.
(c) Telling stories.
(d) Hunting.

2. What does Tolson hope for in the poem "A Song for Myself"?
(a) A good afterlife.
(b) Power.
(c) Romance.
(d) Peace on earth.

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

4. Where does Tolson repeat the same stanzas of the poem "The Mountain Climber"?
(a) The begining and middle.
(b) The beginning and end.
(c) Never.
(d) The middle and end.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the white man tell the black man to forget in "Andante Sostenuto"?

2. What is tied to the rattlesnakes tail in "The Ballad of the Rattlesnake"?

3. In the poem "Rendezvous With America," what is the population that arrives in America like?

4. In "Larghetto," what has the black man not contributed to?

5. What does the narrator in "A Hamlet Rives Us" fail to acknowledge?

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