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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What other black writer does Cleaver talk about in this chapter?
(a) Richard Wright
(b) Bessie Smith
(c) Richard Pryor
(d) David Barnes

3. What does Cleaver think people desire when they watch sports?
(a) Blood
(b) Excitement
(c) Pain
(d) Competition

4. Which of the following is an example of soul food?
(a) Baked duck
(b) Gulas
(c) Steak and fries
(d) Chitterlings

5. What does Cleaver say took on new meaning when the whites joined in?
(a) The beatnik culture
(b) Black culture
(c) Popular music
(d) The black revolution

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the woman sitting in the Eyes story?

2. What is the name of Cleaver's lawyer?

3. What is the third vignette entitled?

4. In which of the following areas does Cleaver say black men are accepted?

5. What does Cleaver dream of doing with his lawyer in his sleep?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the relationship between whites and blacks in the prison?

2. What is Cleaver's opinion on relationships?

3. How has Malcolm X changed Cleaver's view of racial difficulties?

4. What problem does the Muslim have with Cleaver's eyes in Chapter 3?

5. What does Cleaver say about the relationship between James Baldwin and Richard Wright?

6. Summarize the first vignette in this chapter.

7. Describe Cleaver's morning routine while in prison.

8. Describe Cleaver's afternoon routine.

9. What is Cleaver's opinion of women while he is in prison?

10. Why was Ali seen as such a threat to American society?

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