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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 is the third vignette entitled?

2. What does Cleaver think people desire when they watch sports?

3. What does Cleaver say he washed his hands in?

4. What does Cleaver say Elijah preached?

5. Why does Cleaver think Ali was the first real black champion?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the relationship between whites and blacks in the prison?

2. What does Cleaver say about the relationship between James Baldwin and Richard Wright?

3. Why is Beverly Axelrod attracted to Cleaver?

4. How has Malcolm X changed Cleaver's view of racial difficulties?

5. Summarize the chapter.

6. What is Yacub's history?

7. Describe Cleaver's afternoon routine.

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

9. What problem does the Muslim have with Cleaver's eyes in Chapter 3?

10. Why is Cleaver in love with his lawyer?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What problems does Cleaver have with James Baldwin? Why does Cleaver prefer Richard Wright? What influence did both authors have on 1960s culture and, in particular, the Negro revolution?

Essay Topic 2

How does Cleaver think society has been structured? How does this society keep people in their place? What do you think normal people have to do to make changes in this society?

Essay Topic 3

What is soul food? What position does soul food hold in today's society? What does Cleaver mean by saying the upper class made soul food into a mocking slogan?

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