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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote the Preface of "The Rose That Grew from Concrete"?
(a) Afeni Shakur.
(b) Abidugun Shakur.
(c) Irungu Shakur.
(d) Madhubuti Shakur.

2. What line follows "Together we can never fall" in "If There Be Pain"?
(a) "Because I'm at the mall."
(b) "Because we are on the ball."
(c) "Because we've heard the call."
(d) "Because our love will conquer all."

3. In "A Love Unspoken," the poet writes, "because I chose 2 let it grow / People tend 2" what?
(a) Choke.
(b) Idolize.
(c) Regret.
(d) Lie.

4. What does the poet want to replace "the sorrow that u have encountered in the past" in "Black Woman"?
(a) Good fortune.
(b) Money.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Smiles.

5. In "Forever and Today," Shakur writes"And if my doubts and ?'s upset u, forgive" what?
(a) "Yourself."
(b) "My wandering mind."
(c) "My point of view."
(d) "My fragile heart."

Short Answer Questions

1. "The Fear in the Heart of a Man" is dedicated to whom?

2. The tears in "Sometimes I Cry" "flow with life but take no" what?

3. In "Under the Skies Above," Shakur writes, "Whether he is born in wealth or poverty / there will be no deficiency" in what?

4. What is the fourth thing the poet lists in "Things That Make Hearts Break"?

5. In the only untitled poem of Section 1, Shakur writes, "Please wake me when I'm free / I cannot bear" what?

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