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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "What Is It That I Search 4" Shakur writes, "Just as no one knows / what lies beyond the _____ / I will never find the answer 2 / what it is that I search 4."
(a) Shore.
(b) Wall.
(c) Door.
(d) Moon.

2. How are the tears described in "Sometimes I Cry"?
(a) "Bitter and warm."
(b) "Sweet and salty."
(c) "Salty and Bitter."
(d) "Cold and wet."

3. In "If I Fail," the poet writes, "No father-no money-no chance and no" what?
(a) Remorse.
(b) Clue.
(c) Guide.
(d) Map.

4. The tears in "Sometimes I Cry" "flow with life but take no" what?
(a) Form.
(b) Effort.
(c) Prisoners.
(d) Channel.

5. What does the poet write he'll do "where my culture I'm told holds no significance" in the untitled poem from Section 1?
(a) "Fight through the ignorance."
(b) "Wither and die in ignorance."
(c) "Say good riddance."
(d) "Earn but a pittance."

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the final poem of Section 1?

2. What line follows "I am not a perfectionist" in "The Eternal Lament"?

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

4. In "Life Through My Eyes," the poet writes "Life through my bloodshot eyes / would scare" what?

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

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