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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 animal is in "A Long Head to a Round Head"?
(a) A camel.
(b) A lion.
(c) A dog.
(d) A cow.

2. What is the man in "A Hamlet Rives Us" doing during the poem?
(a) Expressing joy.
(b) Dancing.
(c) Grieving.
(d) Running.

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

4. Whose march will continue, according to "Tapestries of Time"?
(a) Presidents.
(b) Woman.
(c) Global man.
(d) Tyrants.

5. Who is the narrator's mother in "Libretto for the Republic of Liberia"?
(a) America.
(b) Liberia.
(c) Mary.
(d) Earth.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where do the workers in "The Shipwright" feel they are citizens of?

3. Where is "Vesuvius" located?

4. How does the economist in "A Primer for Today" claim change occurs?

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

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