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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The first line of "The Rose That Grew from Concrete" is written in what narrative mode?
(a) Second person.
(b) Fourth person.
(c) Third person.
(d) First person.

3. How many years did Geronimo ji-Jaga spend in prison for kidnapping and murder?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 27 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 18 years.

4. What does the poet write "is out there somewhere" in "Under the Skies Above"?
(a) "My father."
(b) "My love."
(c) "My mother."
(d) "My child."

5. What did Mrs. Hawkins lose her son to, according to "For Mrs. Hawkins"?
(a) Gangs.
(b) Racist society.
(c) Gun violence.
(d) Drugs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the poet want to replace "the sorrow that u have encountered in the past" in "Black Woman"?

2. What "remains the same" in the only untitled poem of Section 3?

3. What does Shakur write is his "only recreation" in "Only 4 The Righteous"?

4. Who wrote the Introduction of "The Rose That Grew from Concrete"?

5. To whom is the poem "In the Depths of Solitude" dedicated?

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