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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. The last line of "The Rose That Grew from Concrete" reads, "Long live the rose that grew from concrete when no one else ever" what?
(a) Knew.
(b) Cared.
(c) Wondered.
(d) Saw.

2. What is the last line of "Carmencita of the Bronx!"?
(a) "And my first thought in the morning was of u."
(b) "C U in heaven!"
(c) "I hear u R with another and u R expecting."
(d) "Your beautiful smile guides me through a day."

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

4. What does the poet write he is hotter than in "Only 4 The Righteous"?
(a) "The wax from a candle."
(b) "An incinerator."
(c) "A just fired pistol."
(d) "The sun."

5. The tears in "Sometimes I Cry" "flow with life but take no" what?
(a) Channel.
(b) Effort.
(c) Form.
(d) Prisoners.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Carmencita of the Bronx!" the poet writes, "I hear U R with another and U R" what?

2. The first line of "Carmencita of the Bronx!" says "U saw" what "at its best"?

3. The poet asks "Does that make me" what "2 deny the world of my salvation" in "A Love Unspoken"?

4. Shakur writes that there is no fear in what kind of heart in "The Fear in the Heart of a Man"?

5. What is the name of Tupac Shakur's father?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Shakur question about himself in "A Love Unspoken"?

2. How do the poems of Section 4 illustrate Shakur's feelings about justice?

3. What are Shakur's feelings about government assistance in "Government Assistance or My Soul"?

4. To whom is Shakur writing in "Why Must U Be Unfaithful"?

5. What begins to spread in the poem "When Ure Heart Turns Cold"?

6. How does Shakur describe his dream in "No-Win"?

7. What is Shakur's conclusion in "Where There Is a Will...."?

8. How is "Lady Liberty" described in "Liberty Needs Glasses"?

9. What is the subject of "For Mrs. Hawkins"?

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

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