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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first line of "When I Do Kiss U"?
(a) "U saw innocence at its best."
(b) "U haven't recovered from the pain of the past."
(c) "I haven't yet for reasons of your own."
(d) "U say that u'll love me forever but what about today."

2. To whom is "Black Woman" dedicated?
(a) Hi mother.
(b) Marquita.
(c) Oprah.
(d) Roberta.

3. What does the poet write he lives "like a prisoner" of in the untitled poem in Section 1?
(a) Poverty.
(b) Ignorance.
(c) Pride.
(d) Hatred.

4. What does the poet write he'll do "where my culture I'm told holds no significance" in the untitled poem from Section 1?
(a) "Wither and die in ignorance."
(b) "Say good riddance."
(c) "Earn but a pittance."
(d) "Fight through the ignorance."

5. What does Shakur write "becomes your routine friend" in "When Ure Heart Turns Cold"?
(a) Despair.
(b) Violence.
(c) Loneliness.
(d) Hatred.

6. In "The Mutual Heartache," Shakur writes, "U talk as I do but yet u don't / understand when I" what?
(a) Ramble.
(b) Yell.
(c) Imagine.
(d) Mumble.

7. In "The Shining Star Within," the poet writes, "in this place no one Dares 2 Breathe / in Fear of" what?
(a) The truth.
(b) Self-expression.
(c) Persecution.
(d) Vengence.

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

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

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

11. "Elizabeth" begins "I remember when U were LOST / and your soul was" what?
(a) "Lost."
(b) "Wandering."
(c) "Unrelenting."
(d) "In the wind."

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

13. When was Tupac Shakur born?
(a) 1973.
(b) 1971.
(c) 1974.
(d) 1969.

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

15. In "Forever and Today," Shakur writes"And if my doubts and ?'s upset u, forgive" what?
(a) "My point of view."
(b) "My fragile heart."
(c) "My wandering mind."
(d) "Yourself."

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom is "Nothing Can Come Between Us" dedicated?

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

3. What is the final line of "And Still I Love U"?

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

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