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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What follows the line "My heart has never known" in "My Dearest One!!"?
(a) "Feelings we can share."
(b) "The other thing that breaks hearts."
(c) "The Joy u bring 2 me."
(d) "How much I truely care."

2. What is the name of Tupac Shakur's mother?
(a) Afeni Shakur.
(b) Adia Shakur.
(c) Aziza Shakur.
(d) Aminah Shakur.

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

4. Who wrote the Preface of "The Rose That Grew from Concrete"?
(a) Madhubuti Shakur.
(b) Irungu Shakur.
(c) Afeni Shakur.
(d) Abidugun Shakur.

5. What does the poet write "is out there somewhere" in "Under the Skies Above"?
(a) "My mother."
(b) "My child."
(c) "My love."
(d) "My father."

6. When is the poem "From First Glance" dated?
(a) May 23, 1992.
(b) February 1, 1990.
(c) December 12, 1988.
(d) June 5, 1985.

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

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

9. "The Fear in the Heart of a Man" is dedicated to whom?
(a) "My Fans."
(b) "My Heart."
(c) "My Mother."
(d) "My Friends."

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

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

12. What is the fifth thing the poet lists in "Things That Make Hearts Break"?
(a) "Unanswered cries."
(b) "Lonely children."
(c) "People who dream with their eyes open."
(d) "Pretty smiles."

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

14. What is the last line of "Carmencita of the Bronx!"?
(a) "C U in heaven!"
(b) "I hear u R with another and u R expecting."
(c) "Your beautiful smile guides me through a day."
(d) "And my first thought in the morning was of u."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Tupac Shakur die?

2. The final lines of "1st Impressions" say, "we kissed again and I felt the passion / and this was" what?

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

4. "A Love Unspoken" begins, "What of a love unspoken? Is it weaker without" what?

5. What "means nothing" in "When Ure Heart Turns Cold"?

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