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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was the woman sitting in the Eyes story?
(a) In a department store
(b) In a restaurant
(c) On a shoeshine stand
(d) Next to a fountain

2. What did Cleaver's lawyer give him that resulted in Cleaver spending time in solitary confinement?
(a) Magazines
(b) A toothbrush
(c) Drugs
(d) Photographs

3. Where does Cleaver work?
(a) The bakery
(b) Laundry
(c) The cafe
(d) The wood workshop

4. What is the name of the first vignette in this chapter?
(a) Watts
(b) Eyes
(c) Harlem
(d) Christ

5. To what does Cleaver liken the parting with a woman?
(a) A soap opera
(b) Torture
(c) Death
(d) A seizure

6. What does Cleaver say Baldwin's books express a hatred for?
(a) Blacks
(b) Hetrosexuals
(c) Women
(d) Whites

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

8. In what city did Cleaver meet a woman in the Eyes vignette?
(a) Chicago
(b) Los Angeles
(c) San Francisco
(d) New York

9. What does Cleaver think draws Axelrod to him?
(a) His African roots
(b) His unrepentant attitude
(c) His deep thinking
(d) His looks

10. Where did Eldridge Cleaver serve his prison sentence?
(a) Brixton
(b) Alcatraz
(c) Folsom
(d) Georgia

11. What was Cleaver doing when Malcolm X was killed?
(a) Playing marbles
(b) Watching a movie
(c) Fighting
(d) Writing

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

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

14. What do punk hunters search for?
(a) Children
(b) Women
(c) Homosexuals
(d) Fights

15. What does Cleaver talk about the need for in this section?
(a) Sex
(b) Films
(c) Spectator sports
(d) Peace

Short Answer Questions

1. What white man's pastime does Cleaver say that Scott indulged in?

2. What does Cleaver say the blacks view Patterson as?

3. Why does Cleaver wake up earlier than the other inmates?

4. What did the woman in the Eyes story sing at him?

5. What drug was Cleaver caught in possession of?

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