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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) "The Optometrist."
(b) "Sears Optical."
(c) "Walmart."
(d) "Pen Optical."

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

4. What is the first line of "Just a Breath of Freedom"?
(a) "The chains are broken."
(b) "A slave to your desires."
(c) "I spread my wings."
(d) "Held captive 4 your politics."

5. To whom did the poet dedicate "When Ure Hero Falls"?
(a) "My Father."
(b) "My Hero."
(c) "My Hero My Mother."
(d) "My Hero My Father.

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

7. What is the answer the poet supplies in "The Unanswerable?" to the question "When will there be peace on earth?"
(a) "When everyone is equal."
(b) "When U are free."
(c) "When the earth falls 2 pieces!"
(d) "In 100 years."

8. "The Promise" begins with the line, "I will give u liberty, but first give me ure" what?
(a) Heart.
(b) Money.
(c) Soul.
(d) Spirit.

9. In "Family Tree," the poet writes, "Because we all spring / from different trees / we are not created" what?
(a) Equally.
(b) Similarly.
(c) Alike.
(d) At the same time.

10. What is the first line of "How Can We Be Free"?
(a) "Sometimes I wonder about this race."
(b) "When they c these crooked ass Redneck cops."
(c) "While Nelson Mandela rots in a jail cell."
(d) "Bumrush 2 join the Armed Forces."

11. In "Family Tree," the poet asks whether the beauty is in the tree or in what?
(a) Sky.
(b) The forest.
(c) Leaves.
(d) Roots.

12. What "was a learning phase / Forgotten without a verdict" in "Liberty Needs Glasses"?
(a) The great Chicago fire.
(b) The civil rights movement.
(c) Slavery.
(d) War.

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

14. How many years did Geronimo ji-Jaga spend in prison for kidnapping and murder?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 27 years.
(d) 18 years.

15. In "Just a Breath of Freedom," the poet writes, "They caged U like an animal / and watched U" what?
(a) "Bite at your keeper."
(b) "Pace around the cage."
(c) "Slowly die inside."
(d) "Suffer."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Shakur writes in "Family Tree," "I was the tree who grew from" what?

3. What is the last line of "Tears of a Teenage Mother"?

4. What autobiography did Huey Newton write?

5. "No-Win" is subtitled what?

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