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Frantz Fanon

The Wretched of the Earth Quiz

Frantz Fanon
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The Wretched of the Earth Quiz

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1)

What does Fanon call the rural people? (from Chapter 2, Spontaneity: Its Strength and Weakness)

Urbanites
Bourgeoisie
Intellectual elite
Lumpenproletariat
2)

What was hidden in the taxi cab driver's vehicle that he had to abandon? (from Chapter 5, Colonial War and Mental Disorders)

Drugs
Weapons
Illegal immigrants
Fake passports
3)

As the movement progresses, national consciousness begins to fall prey to what? (from Chapter 3, The Pitfalls of National Consciousness)

Regional and tribal interests
Loyalty to the colonialists
Selfishness
Demands from other countries
4)

Which of the following is a weapon used by the natives in the rebellion in Madagascar? (from Chapter 2, Spontaneity: Its Strength and Weakness)

Machine gun
Nuclear bomb
Balloon
Spear
5)

What does the middle class seek at any cost to avoid? (from Chapter 3, The Pitfalls of National Consciousness)

Injustice
Wealth
Risks
Exploitation
6)

Where should the new government be seated? (from Chapter 3, The Pitfalls of National Consciousness)

The largest city
The country
A small city
In the colonial nation
7)

How does Fanon's work on the psychiatric casualties of warfare differ from other work in this area? (from Chapter 5, Colonial War and Mental Disorders)

Fanon's takes place during the two World Wars
Fanon cannot study torture in his study
Fanon finds psychiatric problems while other studies have not
Fanon's focuses on colonialism and rebellion
8)

Fanon says that the children under ten who are the children of Algerian freedom fighters often experience a phobia to what? (from Chapter 5, Colonial War and Mental Disorders)

Closed spaces
Dirt
Noise
Germs
9)

Fanon says that the leaders of the party in an underdeveloped country should live where? (from Chapter 3, The Pitfalls of National Consciousness)

The ghetto fringe
The cities
The suburbs
The country
10)

The new middle class that occurs is what, according to Fanon? (from Chapter 3, The Pitfalls of National Consciousness)

Unhappy with their position
Loyal to the colonialists
Counter-revolutionary
Poor
11)

What word does not describe the rediscovered native culture? (from Chapter 4, On National Culture)

Colorful
Violent in expression
Rash
Serene
12)

In the building of the new democracy, no one will be able to escape what? (from Chapter 3, The Pitfalls of National Consciousness)

Responsibility
Leisure
Corruption
Wealth
13)

What does the middle class demand from the farm workers? (from Chapter 3, The Pitfalls of National Consciousness)

More revolutionary feelings
More work and output
More dedication to the colonial power
More sacrifice for the nation
14)

Puerperal psychoses affect whom? (from Chapter 5, Colonial War and Mental Disorders)

Women around childbirth
Men around middle age
Girls around age five
Boys around puberty
15)

Colonialists will try to drive wedges between different groups of natives based on differences in tribal affiliation, ethnic differences and what? (from Chapter 2, Spontaneity: Its Strength and Weakness)

Home ownership
Attractiveness
Gender
Geography
16)

How do the colonialists respond to the first demands for equality and dignity? (from Chapter 4, On National Culture)

Feigned deep concern
Relief that the natives want self-rule
Concern about preventing massacres
Disgust
17)

Patients who had been tortured with electricity reported what? (from Chapter 5, Colonial War and Mental Disorders)

A tingling sensation
Phantom limb syndrome
Phobia of rats
A pain in their left foot
18)

Modern Arabs cannot revive what? (from Chapter 4, On National Culture)

National consciousness
Cultural writings
Ancient trade routes
Religious rituals
19)

Which of the following is a psychosomatic disorder? (from Chapter 5, Colonial War and Mental Disorders)

Anxiety
Stomach ulcers
Cancer
Depression
20)

The young Algerian man that Fanon writes about became obsessed with the idea that his parents considered him to be what? (from Chapter 5, Colonial War and Mental Disorders)

A European
A traitor
Uneducated
A criminal
21)

Fanon suggests that the post-colonial government needs to be most concerned with what? (from Chapter 3, The Pitfalls of National Consciousness)

Reducing crime
Perpetuating the nation
Its own profit
The empowerment of its citizens
22)

There can be no hope for the spread of African culture devoid of the struggle for what? (from Chapter 4, On National Culture)

Liberation from colonialism
Western influence
Utopian societies
Greater power
23)

Fanon proposes that programs and services for youth be attached to what department? (from Chapter 3, The Pitfalls of National Consciousness)

Ministry of Culture
Ministry of Defense
Ministry of Labor
Ministry of Commerce
24)

Colonialism has infused the native culture with what? (from Chapter 4, On National Culture)

The culture of other native groups
Distrust of anything new
The culture of the colonial country
Fear of the past
25)

Why do local chiefs and tribal potentates side with the colonialists? (from Chapter 2, Spontaneity: Its Strength and Weakness)

Economic interest
Loyalty
Fear of the colonialists
Personal interests
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