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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Libretto for the Republic of Liberia.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the poet compare the foundation of America to in "Larghetto"?
(a) An ocean.
(b) A desert.
(c) A house.
(d) A stream.

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

3. How does the narrator of "The Idols of the Tribe" describe the yellow god?
(a) Fearful.
(b) Angry.
(c) Vegetarian.
(d) Carnivore.

4. Where do the hillmen think they should not build?
(a) The city square.
(b) The temple.
(c) The lake.
(d) Vesuvius.

5. Who does the bard in "The Bard of Addis Ababa" call to?
(a) Teachers.
(b) Spirits.
(c) Warriors.
(d) God.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who meets in the sanctuary in "The Triumph Aster"?

2. What do the Indians in "The Ballad of the Rattlesnake" do to the white man?

3. What question does Tolson ask in "The Mountain Climber"?

4. What is the poem "Vesuvius" about?

5. Who does Tolson list in "Tapestries of Time" as being a tyrant?

(see the answer key)

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