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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Abraham Lincoln's mother in "Abraham Lincoln of Rock Springs Farm"?
(a) Nancy.
(b) Sue.
(c) Mary.
(d) Peggy.

2. What religion was celebrated in Timbuktu?
(a) Judaism.
(b) Islam.
(c) Catholcism.
(d) Buddhism.

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

4. Who fought in Halicarnassus?
(a) Achilles.
(b) Napoleon.
(c) Alexander the Great.
(d) The Sioux.

5. In "Libretto for the Republic of Liberia," what is the gateway for black Americans to the eastern world?
(a) Education.
(b) Mother earth.
(c) The ocean.
(d) Liberia.

6. How are the parts of the poem "Libretto for the Republic of Liberia" broken up?
(a) By color.
(b) Alphabetically.
(c) Geographic region.
(d) Musical scales.

7. In "African China," who is Big John?
(a) A dancer.
(b) A teacher.
(c) A gigolo.
(d) A bouncer.

8. Whose march will continue, according to "Tapestries of Time"?
(a) Global man.
(b) Presidents.
(c) Woman.
(d) Tyrants.

9. Who follows tyrants?
(a) Fools.
(b) The poor.
(c) The rich.
(d) The smart.

10. According to the narrator of "Libretto for the Republic of Liberia," who will God save the souls of?
(a) Black men.
(b) Women.
(c) All men.
(d) White men.

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

12. What does the white god in "The Idols of the Tribe" eat?
(a) Meat.
(b) Frogs.
(c) Tofu.
(d) Vegetables.

13. In "Omicron," what does Dr. Nkomo insist rules the artist?
(a) Fear.
(b) Instinct.
(c) Money.
(d) Anger.

14. Where is Timbuktu?
(a) South Africa.
(b) Peru.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Mali.

15. In "Libretto for the Republic of Liberia," who is the narrator's brother?
(a) Africa.
(b) The sun.
(c) America.
(d) Joesph.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a tyrant made of?

2. What is art to the curator in "Gamma"?

3. What does the Curator think about Hideho Heights in "Xi"?

4. How does the narrator of "The Idols of the Tribe" describe the black god?

5. In "A Long Head to a Round Head," what is intriguing about the animals?

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