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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Shakur write is his "only recreation" in "Only 4 The Righteous"?
(a) Drugs.
(b) Basketball.
(c) Rapping.
(d) Sex.

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

3. What is the name of Tupac Shakur's father?
(a) Musata Shakur.
(b) Samuel Shakur.
(c) John Raymond.
(d) Billy Garland.

4. To whom is "Wife 4 Life" dedicated?
(a) May.
(b) June.
(c) April.
(d) Sophie.

5. In "A Love Unspoken," the poet writes, "because I chose 2 let it grow / People tend 2" what?
(a) Choke.
(b) Lie.
(c) Regret.
(d) Idolize.

6. Of what does the poet write "never cuz I'm living on the right tip" in "Only 4 The Righteous"?
(a) Drugs.
(b) Poverty.
(c) Ignorance.
(d) Fear.

7. To whom is "Carmencita of the Bronx!" dedicated?
(a) Carrol.
(b) Carmen.
(c) Colleen.
(d) Christina.

8. In "1st Impressions," the poet writes, "I Knew from the First glance / that U would be" what?
(a) "An angel."
(b) "Impossible 2 convince."
(c) "Hard 2 4get."
(d) "Mine."

9. In "From First Glance," the poet writes, "The circumstances don't even matter because my heart" what?
(a) "Never lies."
(b) "Is true."
(c) "Can hear U."
(d) "Knows the truth."

10. "Starry Night" is dedicated to the memory of whom?
(a) Vincent van Gogh.
(b) Pablo Picasso.
(c) Leonardo da Vinci.
(d) Henri Matisse.

11. What line follows "Together we can never fall" in "If There Be Pain"?
(a) "Because we've heard the call."
(b) "Because we are on the ball."
(c) "Because I'm at the mall."
(d) "Because our love will conquer all."

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

13. To whom is "Nothing Can Come Between Us" dedicated?
(a) James.
(b) Mark.
(c) Todd.
(d) John.

14. The poet writes in "1 for April," "I accept the ridicule in exchange for" what?
(a) "A chance 2 B with U."
(b) "The words U share with me."
(c) "Your love."
(d) "Peaceful eternity."

15. What does the poet write "you reeked of" in "1st Impressions"?
(a) "Sultry confidence."
(b) "Healthy imagination."
(c) "Inner beauty."
(d) "Righteous pride."

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the Preface of "The Rose That Grew from Concrete"?

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

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

4. "The Fear in the Heart of a Man" is dedicated to whom?

5. Who wrote the Forward: "Tupac, C U in Heaven"?

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