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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 should separate the rose and the thorn in "The Unknown Soldier"?
(a) Love.
(b) Liberty.
(c) Power.
(d) Justice.

2. What do the people of Addis Ababa want to the bard to do?
(a) Berate them.
(b) Heal them.
(c) Feed them.
(d) Empower them.

3. What does the poet of "Rendezvous With America" claim America will face?
(a) 9/11.
(b) Great Wealth.
(c) A war with Russia.
(d) Challenges.

4. Who are the white men mentioned in "Rendezvous With America"?
(a) Davy Crockett and Paul Bunyon.
(b) Daniel Boone and Jesse James.
(c) Ben Franklin and George Washington.
(d) George Bush and Bill Clinton.

5. Who is Wu Shang in "African China"?
(a) A shop owner.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A teacher.
(d) A priest.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tolson claim in "Dark Symphony" that the black man has less of then white men?

2. What does the narrator of "Tapestries of Time" want to prevail?

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

4. How do the black men respond to the farmer in "Old Man Michael"?

5. In the poem "Old House," whose ghost is not welcome?

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