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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "1 for April" begins with what line?
(a) "I accept the ridicule."
(b) "I want 2 c u from the moment."
(c) "2 me your name alone is poetry."
(d) "U leave my side till the moment u return."

2. "Nightmares" is dedicated to whom?
(a) "Mother."
(b) "Those Curious."
(c) "The Defenseless."
(d) "Criminals."

3. What line of "In the Depths of Solitude" follows "How can I be in the depths of solitude"?
(a) "When there R 2 inside of me."
(b) "When love is out the window."
(c) "When U R gone."
(d) "When the cops are on my tail."

4. To whom is the poem "In the Depths of Solitude" dedicated?
(a) "4 U."
(b) "4 Me."
(c) "2 U."
(d) "2 Me."

5. The first line of "Carmencita of the Bronx!" says "U saw" what "at its best"?
(a) Pride.
(b) Innocence.
(c) Determination.
(d) Human nature.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ceases to work "when your hero falls from grace" in "When Ure Hero Falls"?

2. What name was given to three African American inmates charged with the murder of white prison guard John V. Mills at California's Soledad Prison on January 16, 1970?

3. In "Sometimes I Cry," Shakur writes "The world moves fast and it would rather pass us by / Than 2 stop and C" what?

4. In "The Shining Star Within," the poet writes, "in this place no one Dares 2 Breathe / in Fear of" what?

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

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