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

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

3. What emotion does the narrator of "Babylon" express?
(a) Joy.
(b) Disgust.
(c) Fear.
(d) Pride.

4. What does a teacher teach his students in "The Gallows"?
(a) English.
(b) Alchemy.
(c) French.
(d) Math.

5. Where do the workers in "The Shipwright" feel they are citizens of?
(a) Italy.
(b) Asia.
(c) Earth.
(d) Europe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to men who live bad lives and have bad souls in "A Song for Myself"?

2. What can bad men not escape according to "A Song for Myself"?

3. Why does the bartender judge the narrator in "An Ex-Judge at the Bar"?

4. In "The Shift of Gears," what does the man fix?

5. What do the wise people think of the hillmen's opinions in "Vesuvius"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What message is Tolson trying to send with the blade in "The Damascus Bride"?

2. Why does no one listen to the hillman in the poem "Vesuvius"?

3. Why do the black men laugh at the farmer in "Old Man Michael"?

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

5. How is hatred the downfall of white men in "The Blindness of Scorn"?

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

7. What is the lesson that Tolson puts forth in "When Great Dogs Fight"?

8. What does Tolson believe the "new black man" embodies according to "Tempo Primo"?

9. What might "The Shift of Gears" be a metaphor for?

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

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