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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the poet think of Crispus Attucks?
(a) He is a hero.
(b) He is a good person.
(c) He is a bad person.
(d) He does not like him.

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

3. What is Frederick Douglas famous for being?
(a) A musician.
(b) A doctor.
(c) An abolitionist.
(d) A painter.

4. Who are the bad men in America according to the poem "Rendezvous With America"?
(a) Politicians.
(b) Republicans and Democrats.
(c) Ku Klux Klan and anti-Semites.
(d) Lawyers.

5. What does the white man tell the black man to forget in "Andante Sostenuto"?
(a) Money.
(b) Pain.
(c) Family.
(d) Slavery.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the man fight for in "The Furlough"?

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

3. What industries does the poet describe in "Rendezvous With America"?

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

5. What hurts the farmer's feet in "Old Man Michael"?

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