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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What single word is written in all capital letters in "In the Depths of Solitude"?
(a) CONSTANTLY.
(b) LOVE.
(c) WARRIOR.
(d) COMPLETELY.

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. What line of "In the Depths of Solitude" follows "How can I be in the depths of solitude"?
(a) "When the cops are on my tail."
(b) "When U R gone."
(c) "When there R 2 inside of me."
(d) "When love is out the window."

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

7. To whom is the poem "In the Depths of Solitude" dedicated?
(a) "2 Me."
(b) "2 U."
(c) "4 Me."
(d) "4 U."

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

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

10. In "Under the Skies Above," Shakur writes, "Whether he is born in wealth or poverty / there will be no deficiency" in what?
(a) Life.
(b) Love.
(c) Hate.
(d) Prayer.

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

12. What is the final poem of Section 1?
(a) "Restitution."
(b) "God."
(c) "Joyous."
(d) "Self."

13. "A Love Unspoken" begins, "What of a love unspoken? Is it weaker without" what?
(a) "Passion."
(b) "Boundaries."
(c) "Words."
(d) "A name."

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the poet write he'll do "where my culture I'm told holds no significance" in the untitled poem from Section 1?

3. The poet writes in "1 for April," "I accept the ridicule in exchange for" what?

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

5. The first line of "Nothing Can Come Between Us" says "let's not talk of" what?

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