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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cleaver say is the first step in white rebellion?

2. What does Cleaver say made him aware of his social status?

3. What does Cleaver say Elijah preached?

4. What does Cleaver vow the black will have?

5. Which singer does Cleaver talk about in this chapter?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does prison change Cleaver?

2. Summarize the chapter.

3. Why was Ali seen as such a threat to American society?

4. Why does Cleaver think the whites favored Floyd Patterson over Mohammed Ali?

5. What is punk hunting?

6. Why does Cleaver think Malcolm was such a magnetic personality?

7. What does the fact that Cleaver has attained a cell in the Honor Block say about him?

8. Why did Cleaver lose respect for James Baldwin?

9. What is Cleaver's opinion of his prison sentence?

10. Describe Cleaver's afternoon routine.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Do the students think Cleaver is unrealistic by asking for American blacks to open discussions with Africans? What problems do the students think such discussions could cause?

Essay Topic 2

Why did President Kennedy represent great hope for Afro-Americans? How did his death affect the Afro-American community? How do you think things would have been different if President Kennedy had lived?

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the following and outline Cleaver's thoughts on the subject. Use your own ideas to argue whether you think Cleaver is right or wrong.

1) The white upper classes.

2) Vietnam

3) Segregation

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