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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a tyrant made of?
(a) A fool and a little man.
(b) A fool and a big ego.
(c) A big ego and money.
(d) Wealth and anger.

2. Who does Tolson list in "Tapestries of Time" as being a tyrant?
(a) Satan.
(b) Washington.
(c) Napoleon.
(d) Louis VIV.

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

4. What does Liberia represent in "Libretto for the Republic of Liberia"?
(a) Freedom.
(b) A new Africa.
(c) Hell.
(d) Corruption.

5. Where do the African warriors go in "The Idols of the Tribe"?
(a) The field.
(b) Battle.
(c) Church.
(d) The river.

6. Who is Rufino Lauglin?
(a) A cook.
(b) A teacher.
(c) A painter.
(d) The M.C.

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

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

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

10. Where is the art in "Beta"?
(a) In the sky.
(b) On the walls.
(c) On the floor.
(d) In the city.

11. What does time move on despite in "Tapestries of Time"?
(a) War.
(b) Fear.
(c) Racism.
(d) Love.

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

13. Who is Black Diamond?
(a) The heir to the Lenox Policy Racket.
(b) A police officer.
(c) The curator.
(d) A doctor.

14. What places does the narrator discuss in "Alpha"?
(a) Belgium and Germany.
(b) Finland and France.
(c) America and Australia.
(d) Asia and Africa.

15. How does the narrator describe the Nordic god in "The Idols of the Tribe""?
(a) Boastful.
(b) Hateful.
(c) Beautiful.
(d) Ugly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the two ways of life according to "E.&O.E."?

2. Where is Timbuktu?

3. Who is Wu Shang in "African China"?

4. What is the purpose of the Warriors' ceremony in "The Idols of the Tribe"?

5. What does "E.&O.E." stand for?

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