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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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 Panthers.
(c) The Black Night.
(d) The Black Power Movement.

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

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

10. What does the poet write the shores of Howard Beach are full of in "How Can We Be Free"?
(a) Sharks.
(b) Jellyfish.
(c) Litter.
(d) Afrikan corpses.

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

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

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

14. To whom is the poem "A River That Flows Forever" dedicated?
(a) "Brother."
(b) "Mother."
(c) "Lover."
(d) "Sister."

15. Who was Tupac Shakur's stepfather?
(a) Surala Shakur.
(b) Barunu Shakur.
(c) Mutulu Shakur.
(d) Garala Shakur.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Ronald Reagan begin his term as U.S. President?

2. "Or My Soul" is dedicated to whom?

3. What city is the executive and de facto national capital of South Africa?

4. The poet concludes "Or My Soul" saying that he is giving what?

5. Oliver North was involved in what political scandal?

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