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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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."

2. "Or My Soul" is dedicated to whom?
(a) "Moms."
(b) "Aunts."
(c) "Uncles."
(d) "Dads."

3. What figure cited in "Liberty Needs Glasses" is also known as Geronimo ji-Jaga?
(a) Geronimo Davis.
(b) Prince Geronimo.
(c) Geronimo Pratt.
(d) Geronimo Jones.

4. Shakur writes in "When Ure Hero Falls," "when ure Hero falls so do" what?
(a) "Expectations."
(b) "The stars."
(c) "Hopes and dreams."
(d) "Ure villains."

5. What autobiography did Huey Newton write?
(a) Suicide on My Mind.
(b) Suicide Storm.
(c) Revolutionary Suicide.
(d) Suicidal Tendencies.

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

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

8. "U R Ripping Us Apart!!!" is dedicated to what?
(a) Marijuana.
(b) Methamphetamine.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Crack.

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

10. What name was given to three African American inmates charged with the murder of white prison guard John V. Mills at California's Soledad Prison on January 16, 1970?
(a) The Savage Three.
(b) The Death Row Triplets.
(c) The Soledad Brothers.
(d) The Blood Brothers.

11. "For Mrs. Hawkins" is written in the memory of whom?
(a) James Joseph.
(b) Yusef James.
(c) Yusef Hawk.
(d) Joseph Hawk.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Shakur writes in "Liberty Needs Glasses" that "Justice stubbed her Big Toe on" whom?

2. "The Promise" begins with the line, "I will give u liberty, but first give me ure" what?

3. What does the poet write has been abused in "No-Win"?

4. Where does "the trees that grow against all odds" blossom in "Family Tree"?

5. In "Government Assistance or My Soul," the poet writes that "All unemployed aren't" what?

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