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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Geronimo ji-Jaga had what relationship with Tupac Shakur?
(a) They went to the same church.
(b) They lived on the same block.
(c) He was his godfather.
(d) He was a high school friend.

2. What is the first line of "Just a Breath of Freedom"?
(a) "I spread my wings."
(b) "Held captive 4 your politics."
(c) "The chains are broken."
(d) "A slave to your desires."

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

4. Oliver North was involved in what political scandal?
(a) Iran-Contra Affair.
(b) Watergate.
(c) The Kennedy assassination.
(d) The Vietnam war.

5. What ceases to work "when your hero falls from grace" in "When Ure Hero Falls"?
(a) "Your Heart."
(b) "Your Body."
(c) "Your Soul."
(d) "Your Mind."

Short Answer Questions

1. What was an underground, black nationalist-Marxist militant organization that operated in the United States from 1970 to 1981?

2. Along with Lady Liberty, who needs glasses in "Liberty Needs Glasses"?

3. Shakur writes in "When Ure Hero Falls," "when ure Hero falls so do" what?

4. When was Nelson Mandela born?

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

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