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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 Introduction of "The Rose That Grew from Concrete"?
(a) Leila Steinberg.
(b) Martha Steinberg.
(c) Mary Steinberg.
(d) Laura Steinberg.

2. "A Love Unspoken" begins, "What of a love unspoken? Is it weaker without" what?
(a) "Passion."
(b) "Boundaries."
(c) "Words."
(d) "A name."

3. What is the first line of "When I Do Kiss U"?
(a) "I haven't yet for reasons of your own."
(b) "U haven't recovered from the pain of the past."
(c) "U say that u'll love me forever but what about today."
(d) "U saw innocence at its best."

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

5. In the final lines of "The Fear in the Heart of a Man," the poet writes, "I may receive great joy or u may return it" how?
(a) "Wrapped in plastic."
(b) "With reciept."
(c) "With anger."
(d) "Ripped apart."

Short Answer Questions

1. The poet concludes "I Know My Heart Has Lied Before" with the line "With All My Heart &" what?

2. What does the poet say his "negative side" will want to do in "Black Woman"?

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

4. What does the poet write "is out there somewhere" in "Under the Skies Above"?

5. In "Life Through My Eyes," the poet writes that "Fun and games R few / but treasured like" what?

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