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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 does the poet think of Crispus Attucks?
(a) He is a hero.
(b) He is a good person.
(c) He is a bad person.
(d) He does not like him.

2. What does the poet compare the foundation of America to in "Larghetto"?
(a) A house.
(b) An ocean.
(c) A stream.
(d) A desert.

3. Who meets in the sanctuary in "The Triumph Aster"?
(a) A man and woman.
(b) East and West.
(c) Children.
(d) North and South.

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

5. What should separate the rose and the thorn in "The Unknown Soldier"?
(a) Justice.
(b) Liberty.
(c) Love.
(d) Power.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the man fight for in "The Furlough"?

2. Who are the white men mentioned in "Rendezvous With America"?

3. What does the poet of "Rendezvous With America" claim America will face?

4. What did slaves do on slaves ships in "Lento Grave"?

5. What warnings did the man see while climbing the mountain?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Tolson demonstrate that Crispus Attucks is a hero in "Allegro Moderato"?

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

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

4. Why is it important that Tolson does not identify the race of the person who tells the story in "The Ballad of the Rattlesnake"?

5. List two important, historical people that Tolson mentions in "Rendezvous with America." Why does he mention these people, and what did they contribute to America?

6. What is the significance of the the sign in "The Town of Fathers" that reads "The Blackest Land / And The Whitest People"?

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 remove black men from responsibility in "Larghetto"?

9. How does the story of the sheep and the wolf in "The Dictionary of the Wolf" symbolize racism?

10. What might the volcano's eruption signify in the poem "Vesuvius"?

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