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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. What kind of men do black women respect?
(a) Men of action
(b) Men of the mind
(c) Men who stay at home
(d) Men who have money

2. Which president does Cleaver say opposes sit-ins and teach-ins?
(a) Richard Nixon
(b) Lyndon Johnson
(c) Jimmy Carter
(d) John Kennedy

3. Who do the blacks direct their anger towards?
(a) The police
(b) The government
(c) The military
(d) The hippies

4. What does the man say he said to the traffic cop many times?
(a) Yes, sir
(b) Pardon me
(c) Sorry
(d) I am nothing

5. What does the black man say the white man wants the black man to be?
(a) Educated and happy
(b) A dollar sign
(c) A strong, menial slave
(d) Entertaining

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Axelrod say Cleaver's flirtation may be based on?

2. What kind of war does Cleaver say the Vietnam War is?

3. What kind of women does Cleaver claim that black men idolize?

4. What does Cleaver say peasants used to be like?

5. What does Cleaver think was not a positive move for the Negro revolution?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Cleaver think black men need to see themselves as strong?

2. Why does Cleaver think it is a mistake to attack the police?

3. How does Cleaver define the new left and the new right?

4. Why does Cleaver think the Negro is proving a success in the Sixties?

5. What does Cleaver write about their relationship in his second letter to Axelrod?

6. How does Cleaver think humankind began?

7. Why does Cleaver think that black men often despise their own women?

8. What is Cleaver's opinion on the structure of society?

9. Why does Cleaver think that the world needs police and the military?

10. What does Cleaver think threatens the Negro revolution?

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