View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why can't the government promote the Vietnam War as a civil war?
(a) It is not a civil war
(b) They would not receive financial aid
(c) Americans would not support it
(d) Blacks would not fight

2. What does Cleaver call those with delegated power below the Godhead?
(a) Primeval spirits
(b) Strikers
(c) Power angels
(d) Omnipotent administrators

3. What does Cleaver cite as black America's weakness?
(a) Their general lack of education
(b) Love of the weed
(c) Their lack of money
(d) Disorganization

4. What does Cleaver say peasants used to be like?
(a) Mentally strong
(b) Warm and open
(c) Physically strong
(d) Closed

5. What word does Cleaver use in this chapter to refer to all black men?
(a) We
(b) Cowards
(c) I
(d) Slaves

6. Which president does Cleaver say opposes sit-ins and teach-ins?
(a) John Kennedy
(b) Jimmy Carter
(c) Lyndon Johnson
(d) Richard Nixon

7. How did the man's friend kill himself?
(a) Put his head in a gas oven
(b) Jumping from a bridge
(c) Bashing his head against the wall
(d) Shooting himself

8. What does the man say he said to the traffic cop many times?
(a) Sorry
(b) Yes, sir
(c) I am nothing
(d) Pardon me

9. What does Cleaver think Blacks cannot afford to do?
(a) Kill whites
(b) Give up their homes
(c) Speak too loudly
(d) Push too quickly

10. What does Cleaver think black men are brought up not to show?
(a) Wealth
(b) Feelings
(c) Weakness
(d) Feet

11. What does Cleaver say is the only thing women find in bed with an upper class man?
(a) Laughter
(b) Mental satisfaction
(c) Sexual satisfaction
(d) Physical exhaustion

12. Who does Cleaver write letters to in this chapter?
(a) Beverly Axelrod
(b) Malcolm X
(c) Lauren Hill
(d) President Kennedy

13. What minority does the old man say has more power then the black man?
(a) Black women
(b) The Jewish
(c) The Vietnamese
(d) The Hispanics

14. Who do the blacks direct their anger towards?
(a) The police
(b) The government
(c) The military
(d) The hippies

15. What does Cleaver compare the Negro Revolution to?
(a) World War II
(b) American Independence
(c) The American Civil War
(d) The Vietnam War

Short Answer Questions

1. What is "Put a black finger on the nuclear trigger" a slogan for?

2. What does the man say he gave his girlfriend?

3. What does Cleaver say lower class people think they have been robbed of?

4. What does Cleaver tell Axelrod he thinks he deserves?

5. What did Cleaver feel when he called Axelrod a bitch?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 399 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample