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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the poet write of "in its truest sense" in "Nothing Can Come Between Us"?
(a) Unconditional friendship.
(b) Love.
(c) Immortality.
(d) Disagreements.

2. What does the poet write he is hotter than in "Only 4 The Righteous"?
(a) "A just fired pistol."
(b) "An incinerator."
(c) "The wax from a candle."
(d) "The sun."

3. When did Nelson Mandela win the Nobel Peace Prize?
(a) 1990.
(b) 1995.
(c) 1987.
(d) 1993.

4. "Or My Soul" is dedicated to whom?
(a) "Dads."
(b) "Uncles."
(c) "Moms."
(d) "Aunts."

5. When did Ronald Reagan begin his term as U.S. President?
(a) 1981.
(b) 1973.
(c) 1985.
(d) 1977.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Nelson Mandela born?

2. When did Tupac Shakur die?

3. What is the last line of "Carmencita of the Bronx!"?

4. "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."

5. What is the last line of the only untitled poem in Section 2?

(see the answer key)

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