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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first line of "How Can We Be Free"?

2. Who was Geronimo ji-Jaga convicted of to kidnapping and murdering?

3. What does the poet say [you] raise in pride in "Just a Breath of Freedom"?

4. In "Family Tree," Shakur writes that "the tree must fight 2 breed / among the evils of" what?

5. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the structure of the poems "Under the Skies Above" and "Life Through My Eyes." What rhyme scheme does Shakur use in his works?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the role of women in Shakur's poetry. What reverence does the author place in the female form?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Nelson Mandela, Malcolm X and Yusef Hawk. How are each of these figures presented in the poems "Just a Breath of Freedom" and "For Mrs. Hawkins"?

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