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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why were whites willing to support a black man?
(a) They could feel good about themselves
(b) There was no alternative
(c) They could make money from him
(d) They could promote a good image for America

2. Which white writer does Cleaver mention in this chapter?
(a) Norman Mailer
(b) Hubert Selby Jr
(c) Henry Miller
(d) Nelson Algren

3. What does Cleaver say the whites used to think of themselves as?
(a) The beautiful race
(b) The intelligent race
(c) The civilized race
(d) The master race

4. What is the third vignette entitled?
(a) KFC
(b) Soul Food
(c) Biscuits
(d) Christ

5. What does Cleaver say the blacks view Patterson as?
(a) An Uncle Tom
(b) A white man
(c) A black leader
(d) An Uncle Sam

6. What does Cleaver say he has never been?
(a) Black
(b) An ofay watcher
(c) A eunich
(d) White

7. What does Cleaver say spectator sports have become?
(a) Pagan rituals
(b) Celebrity posturing
(c) Love ins
(d) Blood rituals

8. What does Cleaver call Rufus Scott?
(a) An imperialist
(b) A black eunuch
(c) A black devil
(d) A beast

9. What does Cleaver do at 7.30 am?
(a) Eats breakfast
(b) Wrestles
(c) Writes letters
(d) Goes to work

10. Which two boxers does Cleaver talk about in this section?
(a) Sonny Liston and Muhammed Ali
(b) Joe Louis and Sonny Liston
(c) Floyd Patterson and Muhammed Ali
(d) George Foreman and Floyd Patterson

11. To what does Cleaver liken being associated to Watts?
(a) Falling in love
(b) Being in a bad marriage
(c) A country bumpkin
(d) Hell

12. In which of the following areas does Cleaver say black men are accepted?
(a) Academia
(b) Prison
(c) High society
(d) Sports

13. Which singer does Cleaver talk about in this chapter?
(a) Paul Robeson
(b) Elvis Presley
(c) Little Richard
(d) James Brown

14. What does Cleaver say he was infatuated with?
(a) White women
(b) Weed
(c) Crime
(d) Cinema

15. What does Cleaver say is the second step in white rebellion?
(a) A search for their own role
(b) A lack of fear for their elders
(c) Demonstrating
(d) Listening to music

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the inmates have three times a week?

2. What does Cleaver say Baldwin's books express a hatred for?

3. Which of Baldwin's books changed Cleaver's mind about him?

4. What did the U.S Supreme Court outlaw in 1954?

5. What happens three times a day?

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