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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Harlem Gallery, Nu to Omega.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word does Tolson put a question mark after many times in "Libretto for the Republic of Liberia"?
(a) Freedom.
(b) Republic.
(c) Liberia.
(d) Slave.

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

3. What does "ex" stand for in "Beta"?
(a) The person you used to date.
(b) The person you were.
(c) The person you are.
(d) Excited.

4. Where did the one sharecropper travel in "The Ballad of the Rattlesnake"?
(a) North.
(b) West.
(c) South.
(d) East.

5. What does the poem "The Triumph Aster" hope for?
(a) Economic success.
(b) War.
(c) Freedom.
(d) A better world.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does the town of fathers meet?

2. Who breaks her leg in "African China"?

3. What does Tolson say forgetting is akin to in "Andante Sostenuto"?

4. Which language's alphabet does Tolson use in Alpha to Mu?

5. Where does the poem "Sigma" take place?

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