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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the wise people think of the hillmen's opinions in "Vesuvius"?
(a) There are no wise men in town.
(b) The hillmen are jealous.
(c) They are right.
(d) They are wrong.

2. What color is the object the craftsman in "Damascus Bride" makes?
(a) Red.
(b) Blue.
(c) Black and white.
(d) Purple and green.

3. In "When Great Dogs Fight" what does the mongrel steal at the end of the poem?
(a) A steak.
(b) A bone.
(c) A toy.
(d) A slice of bread.

4. What can bad men not escape according to "A Song for Myself"?
(a) The police.
(b) The afterlife.
(c) Their conscience.
(d) Guilt.

5. What does the bard in "The Bard of Addis Ababa" chant about?
(a) Freedom.
(b) War.
(c) Pain.
(d) God.

6. What is the result in "Rendezvous With America," of the historic places the poet speaks of?
(a) A legacy.
(b) Famine.
(c) Fear.
(d) A new president.

7. In "A Scholar Looks at an Oak," what happens to the tree's limbs?
(a) They sag.
(b) They stick straight up.
(c) They burn.
(d) They are chopped up for wood.

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

9. How does the poet describe the people that flock to America in "Rendezvous With America"?
(a) Poor.
(b) Angry.
(c) Criminal.
(d) Great.

10. Who meets in the sanctuary in "The Triumph Aster"?
(a) A man and woman.
(b) Children.
(c) North and South.
(d) East and West.

11. What happens to men who live bad lives and have bad souls in "A Song for Myself"?
(a) The are forgiven.
(b) They are condemned.
(c) They are hated.
(d) They lose their money.

12. What question does Tolson ask in "The Mountain Climber"?
(a) Why the moon never shines on the mountain.
(b) How long it takes to climb a mountain.
(c) Why the climber risks his life.
(d) Why the climber quits his job.

13. Where does "The Shift of Gears" take place?
(a) A school.
(b) A garage.
(c) A yard.
(d) A house.

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

15. In "The Ballad of the Rattlesnake," what are the sharecroppers doing?
(a) Dancing.
(b) Telling stories.
(c) Working in the field.
(d) Hunting.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the farmer in "Old Man Michael" blame for his bad crops?

2. What does the mechanic in "The Shift of Gears" compare shifting too?

3. What sounds does the poet hear in "Rendezvous With America"?

4. What crash does "Larghetto" assert black men were not involved in?

5. What does the poet compare the foundation of America to in "Larghetto"?

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