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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Starry Night" is dedicated to the memory of whom?
(a) Vincent van Gogh.
(b) Henri Matisse.
(c) Pablo Picasso.
(d) Leonardo da Vinci.

2. What does Shakur write is his "only recreation" in "Only 4 The Righteous"?
(a) Sex.
(b) Rapping.
(c) Drugs.
(d) Basketball.

3. The poet concludes "I Know My Heart Has Lied Before" with the line "With All My Heart &" what?
(a) "Love."
(b) "Spirit."
(c) "Kindness."
(d) "Knowledge."

4. What single word is written in all capital letters in "In the Depths of Solitude"?
(a) WARRIOR.
(b) CONSTANTLY.
(c) COMPLETELY.
(d) LOVE.

5. In "Love Is Just Complicated," Shakur writes, "I thought I wanted "A" / But "A" was 2 mixed up with" what?
(a) "U."
(b) "Me."
(c) "Z."
(d) "B."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the poet say "U discovered" after "your soul was found" in "Elizabeth"?

2. What does the poet write of "in its truest sense" in "Nothing Can Come Between Us"?

3. "What Is It That I Search 4" Shakur writes, "Just as no one knows / what lies beyond the _____ / I will never find the answer 2 / what it is that I search 4."

4. "The Fear in the Heart of a Man" is dedicated to whom?

5. What is the second thing the poet lists in "Things That Make Hearts Break"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Shakur's feelings about success and defeat present themselves in Section 4?

2. What dream does Shakur describe in the "Untitled" poem of Section1?

3. How does Shakur describe Huey P. Newton in "Fallen Star"?

4. What yearning is described in the poem, "In the Depths of Solitude"?

5. What does Shakur hope to achieve in "If I Fail"?

6. How are Shakur's feelings about women illustrated in the poems?

7. How does Shakur describe his mental and emotional state in "And 2morrow"?

8. How does the theme of racism apply to the poems of Section 2?

9. How does Shakur justify his divorce in "March 1st - The Day After April"?

10. In what poem does Shakur write of being told to retire in Section1? What is his response?

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