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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. In "A Long Head to a Round Head," what is intriguing about the animals?

2. What does time move on despite in "Tapestries of Time"?

3. Who breaks her leg in "African China"?

4. What should the viewer of art never doubt according to "Delta"?

5. How does the narrator of "The Idols of the Tribe" describe the black god?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is Tolson's opinion of Abraham Lincoln in "Abraham Lincoln of Rock Springs Farm"?

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

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

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

9. What might have been the reason Tolson elects to use the Greek alphabet to separate his poem Harlem Gallery?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the setting effect the reader's experience of the poem? Does it matter that the poem is set in another country or time period? Describe the setting of the poem of you choice and explain how it effected your experience of the poem.

Essay Topic 2

Why is the word tapestries important in the poem "Tapestries of Time"?

Essay Topic 3

Tolson creates and discusses many interesting people in his poems. Choose one person or couple he mentions in a poem explain how those people or characters help deliver the message of the poem.

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