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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Of Men and Cities Poems.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the wise people think of the hillmen's opinions in "Vesuvius"?
(a) The hillmen are jealous.
(b) There are no wise men in town.
(c) They are right.
(d) They are wrong.

2. Where is "Vesuvius" located?
(a) Costa Rica.
(b) Germany.
(c) Italy.
(d) France.

3. Why does the bartender judge the narrator in "An Ex-Judge at the Bar"?
(a) He hit a woman.
(b) He killed a black soldier in the Flanders Field.
(c) He doesn't drink scotch.
(d) He has no manners.

4. How does the poet describe the mongrel in "When Great Dogs Fight"?
(a) Loving.
(b) Mean.
(c) Weak.
(d) Strong.

5. What does love equal in "If You Should Lie to Me"?
(a) Trust.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Hate.
(d) Friendship.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does the poet describe Michael in "Old Man Michael"?

3. In "When Great Dogs Fight" what does the mongrel steal at the end of the poem?

4. How does the poet assert in "Dark Symphony" that black slaves created a brotherhood?

5. What does the Malay claim in "The Blindness of Scorn" put people on the attack?

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