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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 animal is mentioned in "A Legend of Versailles"?
(a) A bear.
(b) A dog.
(c) A sheep.
(d) A tiger.
2. What does Tolson say forgetting is akin to in "Andante Sostenuto"?
(a) Massacring.
(b) Spurning democracy.
(c) Enslaving.
(d) Loving.
3. What is a Hamlet?
(a) A flower.
(b) A slice of meat.
(c) A murder.
(d) A ring.
4. What does Tolson hope for in the poem "A Song for Myself"?
(a) A good afterlife.
(b) Romance.
(c) Power.
(d) Peace on earth.
5. Who is "The Triumph Aster" dedicated to?
(a) W.E.B. Dubois.
(b) Wilfred Scott.
(c) Madame Chiang.
(d) Bok Choy.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who does Tolson compare the mountain climber's plight to?
2. What does love equal in "If You Should Lie to Me"?
3. What color is the object the craftsman in "Damascus Bride" makes?
4. What do the wise people think of the hillmen's opinions in "Vesuvius"?
5. Who does the bard in "The Bard of Addis Ababa" call to?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is hatred the downfall of white men in "The Blindness of Scorn"?
2. Why does the narrator in "An Ex-Judge at the Bar" feel guilty, and how does he appease this guilt?
3. Why does no one listen to the hillman in the poem "Vesuvius"?
4. How does the story of the sheep and the wolf in "The Dictionary of the Wolf" symbolize racism?
5. What is the meaning of the bones of both the snake and the man are left in the dessert in "The Ballad of the Rattlesnake"?
6. How does "The Street Called Straight" become crooked?
7. In "Dark Symphony," how does Tolson suggest black men formed a brotherhood?
8. What historical events does Tolson believe tested the powers of Americans in "Rendezvous with America"? What was the result of these events?
9. What is the lesson that Tolson puts forth in "When Great Dogs Fight"?
10. Why is it important that Tolson does not identify the race of the person who tells the story in "The Ballad of the Rattlesnake"?
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