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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Nelson Mandela win the Nobel Peace Prize?
(a) 1995.
(b) 1993.
(c) 1987.
(d) 1990.

2. Shakur writes in "Family Tree," "I was the tree who grew from" what?
(a) Concrete.
(b) Weeds.
(c) Water.
(d) Granite.

3. Along with Lady Liberty, who needs glasses in "Liberty Needs Glasses"?
(a) "Nurse Justice."
(b) "Sister Justice."
(c) "Mrs. Justice."
(d) "Grandma Justice."

4. The poet refers to "this white killer" as being what in "For Mrs. Hawkins"?
(a) "Mentally sick."
(b) "Strong-willed."
(c) "Empty-minded."
(d) "An evil monster."

5. Shakur concludes "Liberty Needs Glasses" with the lines, "I mean really if anyone really valued life / and cared about the masses / They'd take 'em both 2 ____ / and get 2 pairs of glasses."
(a) "Sears Optical."
(b) "Walmart."
(c) "Pen Optical."
(d) "The Optometrist."

6. Geronimo ji-Jaga was targeted by what FBI program?
(a) COINTELPRO.
(b) CORETELPRO.
(c) COMTELPROM.
(d) COUNTTOTEN.

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

8. In "Government Assistance or My Soul," the poet writes that "All unemployed aren't" what?
(a) On welfare.
(b) Lazy.
(c) Poor.
(d) Dumb.

9. What was an underground, black nationalist-Marxist militant organization that operated in the United States from 1970 to 1981?
(a) The Black Liberation Army.
(b) The Black Night.
(c) The Black Panthers.
(d) The Black Power Movement.

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

11. Who was Geronimo ji-Jaga convicted of to kidnapping and murdering?
(a) Caroline Olsen.
(b) Mary Williams.
(c) Josephine McDonald.
(d) Betty Davis.

12. What does the poet say [you] raise in pride in "Just a Breath of Freedom"?
(a) "Your Regal Brow."
(b) "Expectations."
(c) "Your Flag."
(d) "The Curtain of Oppression."

13. In "Family Tree," Shakur writes that "the tree must fight 2 breed / among the evils of" what?
(a) Wind.
(b) Rocks.
(c) Dirt.
(d) Weeds.

14. In "The Promise," Shakur writes, "I too would be afraid of passion governed by" what?
(a) Reason.
(b) Jealousy.
(c) Money.
(d) Hatred.

15. In "U R Ripping Us Apart!!!" the poet writes, "Before u came the triangle never" what?
(a) Ran.
(b) Broke.
(c) Sealed.
(d) Collapsed.

Short Answer Questions

1. The poet claims in "Government Assistance or My Soul" that he would "go hungry and homeless" before what?

2. What is the first line of "The Sun and the Moon"?

3. "For Mrs. Hawkins" is written in the memory of whom?

4. What "remains the same" in the only untitled poem of Section 3?

5. What is the answer the poet supplies in "The Unanswerable?" to the question "When will there be peace on earth?"

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