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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is the final line of "And Still I Love U"?
(a) "Except dream of a better day."
(b) "Even if U changed your mind and said our love was thru."
(c) "While others around us fall."
(d) "I'd want 2 die continuously cry and still I'd love u."

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

7. How are the tears described in "Sometimes I Cry"?
(a) "Cold and wet."
(b) "Bitter and warm."
(c) "Salty and Bitter."
(d) "Sweet and salty."

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

9. Who was Tupac's first professional manager with whom he left the poems of "The Rose That Grew from Concrete"?
(a) Javier Rodriguez.
(b) Leila Steinberg.
(c) Don King.
(d) Marvin Johnston.

10. According to the Preface, "There was never a day when Tupac did not appreciate" what?
(a) Irony.
(b) Language.
(c) Life.
(d) Women.

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

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

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

14. To whom is "The Shining Star Within" dedicated?
(a) Marilyn Monroe.
(b) Michael Jordan.
(c) Princess Diana.
(d) Jesus Christ.

15. In the final lines of "The Fear in the Heart of a Man," the poet writes, "I may receive great joy or u may return it" how?
(a) "With anger."
(b) "With reciept."
(c) "Ripped apart."
(d) "Wrapped in plastic."

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Shining Star Within," the poet writes, "in this place no one Dares 2 Breathe / in Fear of" what?

2. In "1st Impressions," the poet writes, "I Knew from the First glance / that U would be" what?

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

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

5. What does the rose prove wrong by learning to walk without feet in "The Rose That Grew from Concrete"?

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