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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. Which body part of Ike's was severely damaged from drug use?

2. Where did Tina do her first lengthy tour out of the country?

3. Which Al Green song did Tina record and have a big hit?

4. Where did Ike brutally beat Tina during their Dallas appearance?

5. What kind of car did Sammy Davis Jr. buy for Tina for appearing in a TV show?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who became Tina's new manager and where did her career as a single performer launch?

2. What song became Ike and Tina's last hit together?

3. How did Davies manage to get Tina's single career launched in the United States?

4. Who was Phil Spector and what was his position in the music world in the 1960s?

5. How did Ike's cocaine habit worsen his physical abuse of people?

6. How was Tina able to get a hotel room in Dallas with no money?

7. How did Tina inform Ike that she wanted a divorce and how did she take care of herself in the meantime?

8. How did Tina manage to get away from Ike in Dallas?

9. What was meant by the term "black rock"?

10. Describe Ike's deterioration in light of Tina's success in TOMMY?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What impact did Tina's estranged relationship with her mother have on Tina's life? What emotional wounds did Tina suffer? How did the rejection by her mother impact Tina's relationships with other people? Was it part of Tina's inability to stand up to Ike and stop the abuse? Did Tina feel like she deserved to be abused because she was unworthy? State your opinion.

Essay Topic 2

Explain the role of women in the rural South in the mid-twentieth century. What precedents did they feel compelled to follow? What restrictions did they have? What freedoms did they have that 21st century women do not have? What belief system about black women would Tina have carried with her throughout her life? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the cultural climate in America in the late 1950s and why the time was right for Ike and Tina's music to emerge. What were the rebellious trends coming out of California at the time? Why was black music considered elite among young white kids during this time?

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