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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the townspeople become interested in during the poem "The Street Called Straight"?
(a) Money.
(b) Power.
(c) Love.
(d) War.

2. In "The Blindness of Scorn," what does the Malay guide become caught in?
(a) Quick. Sand.
(b) A snake's coil.
(c) A web.
(d) A sink hole.

3. Where is "Vesuvius" located?
(a) Italy.
(b) France.
(c) Costa Rica.
(d) Germany.

4. Why does the bartender judge the narrator in "An Ex-Judge at the Bar"?
(a) He has no manners.
(b) He killed a black soldier in the Flanders Field.
(c) He doesn't drink scotch.
(d) He hit a woman.

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

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

7. Who does the bard in "The Bard of Addis Ababa" call to?
(a) Teachers.
(b) Spirits.
(c) God.
(d) Warriors.

8. How long does Tolson say blacks were enslaved in "Andante Sostenuto"?
(a) 100 years.
(b) 50 years.
(c) 300 years.
(d) 500 years.

9. Who meets at Versailles?
(a) President Obama.
(b) June Cleaver.
(c) Louis XVI.
(d) Woodrow Wilson.

10. What does the mechanic in "The Shift of Gears" tell the narrator?
(a) Motercycles are dangerous.
(b) His car needs gas.
(c) Boats are out of fashion.
(d) He shifts too aggressively

11. What does Tolson say forgetting is akin to in "Andante Sostenuto"?
(a) Enslaving.
(b) Massacring.
(c) Spurning democracy.
(d) Loving.

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

13. What does the mechanic in "The Shift of Gears" compare shifting too?
(a) Sewing.
(b) Eating soup.
(c) Riding a horse.
(d) Riding a bike.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a Hamlet?

2. What is Frederick Douglas famous for being?

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

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

5. What is the weather like in "The Mountain Climber"?

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