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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the result in "Rendezvous With America," of the historic places the poet speaks of?
(a) A new president.
(b) Famine.
(c) Fear.
(d) A legacy.

2. Who does the skull the mountain climber finds belong to?
(a) A previous climber.
(b) A sheep.
(c) A bear.
(d) A cow.

3. In "Larghetto," what has the black man not contributed to?
(a) The wrongdoings of white men.
(b) War.
(c) Slavery,
(d) Education.

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

5. What is the weather like in "The Mountain Climber"?
(a) Hot.
(b) Cold and snowy.
(c) Springtime.
(d) Thunder and lightening.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is La Guardia?

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

3. What animal is mentioned in "A Legend of Versailles"?

4. Where is "Vesuvius" located?

5. Where does Tolson repeat the same stanzas of the poem "The Mountain Climber"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the teacher die in "The Gallows"?

2. Describe Tolson's vision of a poet in the "The Poet."

3. How does the poem "The Mountain Climber" represent the struggle to acclimate to America?

4. Why did Tolson decide to split "Dark Symphony" into titles that are musical movements?

5. How does Tolson remove black men from responsibility in "Larghetto"?

6. Why does the narrator in "An Ex-Judge at the Bar" feel guilty, and how does he appease this guilt?

7. What historical events does Tolson believe tested the powers of Americans in "Rendezvous with America"? What was the result of these events?

8. How does Tolson describe the common people in "Rendezvous with America"?

9. What is the poet trying to prove in his poem "Rendezvous with America"? How does he prove this?

10. What does Tolson mean when he suggests there is truth in death in "A Song for Myself"?

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