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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 narrator of "Tapestries of Time" want to prevail?
(a) Justice.
(b) The educated.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Tyrants.

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

3. What places does the narrator discuss in "Alpha"?
(a) America and Australia.
(b) Finland and France.
(c) Belgium and Germany.
(d) Asia and Africa.

4. What does Liberia represent in "Libretto for the Republic of Liberia"?
(a) A new Africa.
(b) Corruption.
(c) Hell.
(d) Freedom.

5. How does the narrator of "The Idols of the Tribe" describe the yellow god?
(a) Fearful.
(b) Carnivore.
(c) Vegetarian.
(d) Angry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the African warriors in "The Idols of the Tribe" do?

2. Who is Abraham Lincoln's mother in "Abraham Lincoln of Rock Springs Farm"?

3. In "Epsilon," what is the worst thing an artist can receive?

4. Whose criticism does not count in "Omicron"?

5. What does man continually do according to "Tapestries of Time" during the Golden Age?

Short Essay Questions

1. What role does the Curator play in the Harlem Gallery poems?

2. What is the danger of worshiping false idols according to Tolson?

3. Why does Tolson suggest in "Epsilon" that a nod of approval is the worst thing for an artist?

4. How does the narrator define himself in "E.&O.E."?

5. How does Tolson address tyranny in the poem "Tapestries of Time"?

6. What does Tolson believe is the greatest gift Africa has to give to its people according to "Libretto for the Republic of Liberia"?

7. Explain your interpretation of the line "You are / Black Lazarus risen from the White Man's grave" from the poem "Libretto for the Republic of Liberia."

8. What does the Curator think about Hideho Heights? Why does he feel this way?

9. What is the significance of separating "Libretto for the Republic of Liberia" into musical segments?

10. According to Tolson in the poem "The Idols of the Tribe," who is likely to worship false idols?

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