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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator in "Beta" claim you can explore art with?
(a) Your tongue.
(b) Your hair.
(c) Your elbows.
(d) Your toes.

2. What is culturally empty compared to Liberia according to "Libretto for the Republic of Liberia"?
(a) America.
(b) The theater.
(c) Europe.
(d) Asia.

3. What is the white man's philosophy according to "Mu"?
(a) Money is the root of all evil.
(b) Blues.
(c) Power over understanding.
(d) Jazz.

4. Which language's alphabet does Tolson use in Alpha to Mu?
(a) French.
(b) Arabic.
(c) Swahili.
(d) Greek.

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

6. What artist did the Curator teach Black Diamond about?
(a) Picasso.
(b) Van Gogh.
(c) Rembrandt.
(d) Monet.

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

8. Who does the poet compare the people of Liberia to?
(a) Lincoln.
(b) Satan.
(c) God.
(d) Lazarus.

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

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

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

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

13. In "Epsilon," what is the worst thing an artist can receive?
(a) A nod of approval.
(b) A round of applause.
(c) An award.
(d) A paint set.

14. Where does the poem "Sigma" take place?
(a) A funeral home.
(b) A library.
(c) A zoo.
(d) A field.

15. What does "E.&O.E." stand for?
(a) Ears and orthopedics excellence.
(b) Errors and omissions excepted.
(c) Edgar and Oliver Ewelle.
(d) Errors and out-takes excellent.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Tolson list in "Tapestries of Time" as being a tyrant?

2. What word does Tolson put a question mark after many times in "Libretto for the Republic of Liberia"?

3. What is the name of the child that is born in "African China"?

4. What does the narrator of "Tapestries of Time" want to prevail?

5. Where is the art in "Beta"?

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