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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. According to "Omicron," what is the school of the artist?
(a) Nature.
(b) Government.
(c) Buildings.
(d) The church.

2. What day is it in the poem "Rho"?
(a) Thanksgiving.
(b) New Years Day.
(c) Christmas.
(d) Halloween.

3. In "Tapestries of Time," what do the common people not dream about?
(a) Cars.
(b) Vacations.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Food.

4. Where is Timbuktu?
(a) Peru.
(b) Egypt.
(c) South Africa.
(d) Mali.

5. What artist did the Curator teach Black Diamond about?
(a) Monet.
(b) Rembrandt.
(c) Van Gogh.
(d) Picasso.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the poet compare the people of Liberia to?

2. How does the narrator of "The Idols of the Tribe" describe the yellow god?

3. In "Omicron," what is the temperament of the artist?

4. What does the white god in "The Idols of the Tribe" eat?

5. What word does Tolson put a question mark after many times in "Libretto for the Republic of Liberia"?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Pi" it is written that art without limits can climb mountains. What is meant by this?

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

3. Describe the different Gods Tolson describes in "The Idols of the Tribe."

4. Why does Doctor Nkomo feel that life and art are linked?

5. What is Tolson's opinion on tyrants as seen in the poem "A Long Head to a Round Head"?

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. What does the poem "Libretto for the Republic of Liberia" mean when it suggests that America is the narrator's mother and Liberia is his wife.

8. Why does Tolson believe that despite the reign of tyrants justice will prevail?

9. What is the significance of the word tapestries in the poem "Tapestries of Time"?

10. What is the significance of the Harlem Gallery according to Tolson?

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