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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 did Cleaver feel when he called Axelrod a bitch?

2. Which of the following does Cleaver say people will be able to live without in a utopia?

3. What word does Cleaver use in this chapter to refer to all black men?

4. What do the three men think the elderly men has sold out to?

5. What does Cleaver think Lyndon Johnson fears?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Cleaver think President Johnson opposes sit-ins and teach-ins?

2. What reason does Cleaver give for the riot in Watts?

3. What happened to the elderly man's childhood friend?

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

5. What does Cleaver think is the only way to guarantee black security?

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

7. What does Cleaver think threatens the Negro revolution?

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

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

10. What is Cleaver's opinion of black men in this final chapter?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify the main themes of the story. Why do you think these themes are so important to the story? How does Cleaver use character and setting to express his themes?

Essay Topic 2

Why does Cleaver think there is a need for police and military? Did he think rioters had any other choice other than to attack the police and military? Was the attack on the police in particular an example of the American blacks' disorganization?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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