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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What do the people of Addis Ababa want to the bard to do?
2. What emotion does the narrator of "Babylon" express?
3. Who is Stokowski?
4. Where did the one sharecropper travel in "The Ballad of the Rattlesnake"?
5. How does the poet assert in "Dark Symphony" that black slaves created a brotherhood?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. How does the story of the sheep and the wolf in "The Dictionary of the Wolf" symbolize racism?
3. How does the poem "The Mountain Climber" represent the struggle to acclimate to America?
4. What is the significance of the the sign in "The Town of Fathers" that reads "The Blackest Land / And The Whitest People"?
5. Why did Tolson decide to split "Dark Symphony" into titles that are musical movements?
6. Why does no one listen to the hillman in the poem "Vesuvius"?
7. How does Tolson remove black men from responsibility in "Larghetto"?
8. Who are the bad people that Tolson mentions in his poem "Rendezvous with America," and why does he feel the need to mention them?
9. What is the meaning of the bones of both the snake and the man are left in the dessert in "The Ballad of the Rattlesnake"?
10. What is the lesson that Tolson puts forth in "When Great Dogs Fight"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Define the term symbolism and explain the symbolism present in "The Mountain Climber."
Essay Topic 2
Discuss one of the characters in the Harlem Galleries. How does this character change from the beginning to the end of the collection? Do you believe Tolson allows the character to change if he or she does? Why does Tolson choose to allow the character to remain stagnant if he or she does? Choose one other character in the Harlem Galleries and explain their relationship with the initial character you chose.
Essay Topic 3
What impact did Lincoln have on Tolson's life? Choose examples from Tolson's poems that suggest what relationship Tolson had with Lincoln. Why does Tolson hold Lincoln in such high esteem?
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