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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What city is the executive and de facto national capital of South Africa?
(a) Pretoria.
(b) Johannesburg.
(c) Cape Town.
(d) Mangaung.

2. The poet writes in "Or My Soul" that he's in a country with no what?
(a) Borders.
(b) Flag.
(c) Army.
(d) Path.

3. What did "they" order the execution of in "Just a Breath of Freedom"?
(a) "Active Imaginations."
(b) "Free thinking."
(c) "All minds they couldn't control."
(d) "Intelligence."

4. Oliver North was involved in what political scandal?
(a) Iran-Contra Affair.
(b) The Kennedy assassination.
(c) Watergate.
(d) The Vietnam war.

5. "Government Assistance or My Soul" describes what animal imagery?
(a) A cheetah.
(b) A lion.
(c) A panther.
(d) A jaguar.

6. What does the poet write has been abused in "No-Win"?
(a) My god."
(b) "My spirit."
(c) "My manhood."
(d) "My outlook."

7. Who does Shakur write "has been defeated by you" in "U R Ripping Us Apart!!!"?
(a) "My Hero."
(b) "My Mother."
(c) "My Brother."
(d) "My Father."

8. In "A River That Flows Forever," the poet writes, "As long as some ____ / The River Flows Forever."
(a) Have love.
(b) Are angry.
(c) Suffer.
(d) Have pride.

9. What are exposed "when your hero falls from grace" in "When Ure Hero Falls"?
(a) Powers.
(b) Truths.
(c) Riddles.
(d) Myths.

10. George Jackson was co-founder of what prison gang?
(a) The Black Aces.
(b) The Black Curtain.
(c) The Black Guerrilla Family.
(d) The Black Panthers.

11. When was Geronimo ji-Jaga convicted of kidnapping and murder?
(a) 1967.
(b) 1968.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1977.

12. With what organization was Geronimo ji-Jaga involved?
(a) The Humane Society.
(b) The Bloods.
(c) The Black Panthers.
(d) The Hells Angels.

13. The poet writes in "For Mrs. Hawkins," "I'm not out 2 offend the positive souls / only the racist dogs who" what?
(a) "Killed U inside."
(b) "Lied 2 me."
(c) "Kill 4 fun."
(d) "Created sorrow 4 U."

14. What "is not happy at all" "when your hero falls from grace" in "When Ure Hero Falls"?
(a) "Your soul."
(b) "Your mind."
(c) "Your body."
(d) "Your heart."

15. "Nightmares" is dedicated to whom?
(a) "Those Curious."
(b) "Mother."
(c) "The Defenseless."
(d) "Criminals."

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Geronimo ji-Jaga convicted of to kidnapping and murdering?

2. "Tears of a Teenage Mother" begins, "He's bragging about his new" what?

3. In "Family Tree," the poet asks whether the beauty is in the tree or in what?

4. When is the poem "So I Say GOODBYE" dated?

5. When did Nelson Mandela serve as the President of South Africa?

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