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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 see at the end of "Tapestries of Time"?
(a) Death.
(b) Peace.
(c) Love.
(d) War.
2. How does the narrator of "The Idols of the Tribe" describe the yellow god?
(a) Angry.
(b) Carnivore.
(c) Vegetarian.
(d) Fearful.
3. Who breaks her leg in "African China"?
(a) Sally Suitor.
(b) Mary Martin.
(c) Dot Duet.
(d) Dixie Dixon.
4. What does "ex" stand for in "Beta"?
(a) Excited.
(b) The person you used to date.
(c) The person you were.
(d) The person you are.
5. What does Liberia represent in "Libretto for the Republic of Liberia"?
(a) A new Africa.
(b) Hell.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Corruption.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where do the African warriors go in "The Idols of the Tribe"?
2. What should the viewer of art never doubt according to "Delta"?
3. In "Libretto for the Republic of Liberia," who is the narrator's brother?
4. What is culturally empty compared to Liberia according to "Libretto for the Republic of Liberia"?
5. Who is the poet laureate of Lenox Avenue in Harlem?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the narrator define himself in "E.&O.E."?
2. What does the Curator think about Hideho Heights? Why does he feel this way?
3. What is Tolson's opinion of Abraham Lincoln in "Abraham Lincoln of Rock Springs Farm"?
4. What is the significance of the Curator in Harlem Gallery distinguishing the importance of the word "ex"?
5. What role does the Curator play in the Harlem Gallery poems?
6. Why does Tolson believe that despite the reign of tyrants justice will prevail?
7. Why does Doctor Nkomo feel that life and art are linked?
8. According to Tolson in the poem "The Idols of the Tribe," who is likely to worship false idols?
9. What is the significance of separating "Libretto for the Republic of Liberia" into musical segments?
10. Why does the poem "The Idols of the Tribe" open with a quote from Hitler?
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