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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "If There Be Pain," what does the poet write his life was lived through?
(a) A thunderstorm.
(b) Falling rain.
(c) A snowstorm.
(d) Lightning strikes.

2. When did Tupac Shakur die?
(a) 1999.
(b) 1995.
(c) 1996.
(d) 1998.

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

4. What does the poet want to replace "the sorrow that u have encountered in the past" in "Black Woman"?
(a) Good fortune.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Smiles.
(d) Money.

5. In "So I Say GOODBYE," the poet writes, "I've decided 2 follow my heart and abandon" what?
(a) "Hatred."
(b) "My mind."
(c) "You."
(d) "The ghetto."

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the answer the poet supplies in "The Unanswerable?" to the question "When will there be peace on earth?"

2. What group did Huey Newton found?

3. What famous bar in New York City is cited in the dedication of "From First Glance"?

4. What is the third thing the poet lists in "Things That Make Hearts Break"?

5. When is the poem "From First Glance" dated?

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