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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 last line of the only untitled poem in Section 2?
(a) "And kiss with my Heart's intentions."
(b) "That U were pure woman 2 me."
(c) "2 wake up 2 U each morning."
(d) "Is this what must be?"

2. What group did Huey Newton found?
(a) The Black Panther Party for Justice.
(b) The Black Panther Party for Self Defense.
(c) The Black Panther Party for Equal Right.
(d) The Black Panther Party for Peace.

3. In "And Still I Love U," what follows the lines, "I don't have everything / as a matter of fact I don't have anything"?
(a) "Except dream of a better day."
(b) "4 without u here my joy is through."
(c) "Introduced with innocence."
(d) "There is 2 much of me that."

4. What does the poet say his "negative side" will want to do in "Black Woman"?
(a) "Know U."
(b) "Change U."
(c) "Break U."
(d) "Dominate U."

5. In "Just a Breath of Freedom," the poet writes, "They caged U like an animal / and watched U" what?
(a) "Bite at your keeper."
(b) "Slowly die inside."
(c) "Suffer."
(d) "Pace around the cage."

Short Answer Questions

1. The poetry in "The Rose That Grew from Concrete" was written from 1989 until when?

2. Who was Geronimo ji-Jaga convicted of to kidnapping and murdering?

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

4. In "Love Is Just Complicated," Shakur writes, "I thought I wanted "A" / But "A" was 2 mixed up with" what?

5. The poet asks "Does that make me" what "2 deny the world of my salvation" in "A Love Unspoken"?

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