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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Love Is Just Complicated," Shakur writes, "I thought I wanted "A" / But "A" was 2 mixed up with" what?
(a) "Z."
(b) "Me."
(c) "B."
(d) "U."

2. In "The Mutual Heartache," Shakur writes, "U C as I do but your vision is / blurred by" what?
(a) Naivete.
(b) Fog.
(c) Haze.
(d) Glasses.

3. "No-Win" is subtitled what?
(a) "Incentive."
(b) "No Fight."
(c) "Dream Poem."
(d) "Trapped."

4. Shakur concludes the poem "The Promise" stating, "Trickery does not succeed / with those with" what?
(a) "A Well Informed Mind."
(b) "Honest Hearts."
(c) "Fool-proof Glasses."
(d) "A Pure Heart."

5. What is the second thing the poet lists in "Things That Make Hearts Break"?
(a) "People who dream with their eyes open."
(b) "Deceiving laughs."
(c) "Lonely children."
(d) "Pretty smiles."

Short Answer Questions

1. "Government Assistance or My Soul" describes what animal imagery?

2. What does the poet write of "in its truest sense" in "Nothing Can Come Between Us"?

3. "1 for April" begins with what line?

4. What "always prevail" in the poem "Nightmares"?

5. What does the rose prove wrong by learning to walk without feet in "The Rose That Grew from Concrete"?

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