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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is a tyrant made of?
(a) A fool and a big ego.
(b) A big ego and money.
(c) Wealth and anger.
(d) A fool and a little man.

3. In "The Shift of Gears," what does the man fix?
(a) His motercycle.
(b) His bike.
(c) His boat.
(d) His car.

4. Who does Tolson compare Crispus Attucks to?
(a) Patrick Henry.
(b) George Washington.
(c) Frederick Douglas.
(d) Sam Wheat.

5. Who meets at Versailles?
(a) Louis XVI.
(b) Woodrow Wilson.
(c) President Obama.
(d) June Cleaver.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is La Guardia's ethnic background?

2. Whose march will continue, according to "Tapestries of Time"?

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

4. How does the narrator of "The Idols of the Tribe" describe the yellow god?

5. Why does the bartender judge the narrator in "An Ex-Judge at the Bar"?

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