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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 "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."

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

3. Where does "the trees that grow against all odds" blossom in "Family Tree"?
(a) "Underwater."
(b) "In darkness."
(c) "In space."
(d) "In the desert."

4. To whom is "Family Tree" dedicated?
(a) "Father."
(b) "Sister."
(c) "Mother."
(d) "Brother."

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

6. When did Nelson Mandela serve as the President of South Africa?
(a) 1994 -1999.
(b) 1985-1990.
(c) 1990-1995.
(d) 1988-1993.

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

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

9. What "can take Blame / For the evil that makes U cry" in "Nightmares"?
(a) Jealousy.
(b) Regret.
(c) Hatred.
(d) Curiosity.

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

11. For whom is "Just a Breath of Freedom" written?
(a) Nelson Mandela.
(b) Martin Luther King Jr.
(c) Harriet Tubman.
(d) Bob Marley.

12. Who was liberty misquoted by in "Liberty Needs Glasses"?
(a) "Malcolm X."
(b) "Mandela."
(c) "The Indians."
(d) "Reagan."

13. The poet claims in "Government Assistance or My Soul" that he would "go hungry and homeless" before what?
(a) "Eating bad food."
(b) "The American Government gets my soul."
(c) "Filling out all the paperwork."
(d) "Taking handouts."

14. What is the first line of the only untitled poem in Section 3?
(a) "Joy is overcome by Pain."
(b) "And Love-it remains the same"
(c) "Strength is overcome by weakness."
(d) "The night is overcome by Brightness."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The poet refers to "this white killer" as being what in "For Mrs. Hawkins"?

2. "No-Win" is subtitled what?

3. What group did Huey Newton found?

4. What does the poet write the shores of Howard Beach are full of in "How Can We Be Free"?

5. How old does the poet write he is in "Or My Soul"?

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