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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is tied to the rattlesnakes tail in "The Ballad of the Rattlesnake"?
(a) A stick.
(b) A rock.
(c) A bone.
(d) A fork.

3. Who does the man fight for in "The Furlough"?
(a) His lover.
(b) Hi family.
(c) His friend.
(d) His fellow soldiers.

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

5. What does the black man want in "Tempo Primo"?
(a) A better tomorrow.
(b) Fame.
(c) Justice.
(d) Wealth.

6. What does Tolson claim in "Dark Symphony" that the black man has less of then white men?
(a) Power.
(b) Land.
(c) Greed.
(d) Anger.

7. Who is Crispus Attucks?
(a) A band.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A martyr in the American Revolution.
(d) A theif.

8. What emotion does the narrator of "Babylon" express?
(a) Disgust.
(b) Fear.
(c) Pride.
(d) Joy.

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

10. Who is Lin Yutang?
(a) A writer.
(b) A painter.
(c) A scientist.
(d) A boxer.

11. How does the poet assert in "Dark Symphony" that black slaves created a brotherhood?
(a) By code.
(b) Through love.
(c) Through tragedy.
(d) Letters.

12. How many historic places does Tolson plan to rendezvous at?
(a) 3.
(b) 10.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

13. Where do the workers in "The Shipwright" feel they are citizens of?
(a) Earth.
(b) Italy.
(c) Asia.
(d) Europe.

14. What does the narrator in "A Hamlet Rives Us" fail to acknowledge?
(a) His mother's divorce.
(b) His editor.
(c) His friend's grief.
(d) His daughter's marriage.

15. What industries does the poet describe in "Rendezvous With America"?
(a) Steam train and tractor.
(b) Cotton and oil.
(c) Hammers and cash registers.
(d) Cars and trucks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the object in "Damascus Bride" fit for?

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

3. In the poem "The Ballad of the Rattlesnake," what color is the man's dyed hair?

4. What warnings did the man see while climbing the mountain?

5. What does the white man tell the black man to forget in "Andante Sostenuto"?

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