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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 does Cleaver say Communist governments use police for?
(a) To stop people leaving the country
(b) To defend property
(c) To kill people
(d) To spy on people

2. What does Cleaver say is the American tendency?
(a) To oppress minorities
(b) To be a winner
(c) To earn money in every situation
(d) To run to anyone

3. What does Cleaver call the upper class?
(a) The mind
(b) The weak
(c) The power
(d) The desire

4. What does Cleaver say the noble men of the past used to be like?
(a) Weak and effeminate
(b) Cold and violent
(c) Physically strong
(d) Mentally strong

5. What race was 16 percent of the people sent to Vietnam?
(a) Middle Eastern
(b) Asian
(c) White
(d) Black

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Cleaver say Negroes made fun of?

2. What kind of war does Cleaver say the Vietnam War is?

3. What does Cleaver think black men are brought up not to show?

4. What does Cleaver call black women at the end of the chapter?

5. What does Cleaver say America thinks of itself collectively?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Cleaver think is the only way to guarantee black security?

2. Why does Cleaver call his fellow prisoners eunuchs?

3. Why does Cleaver think things like the twist have become so influential?

4. Why does Cleaver think that white women seek out men socially beneath them?

5. What events does Cleaver attribute to bridging the racial gap?

6. Why does Cleaver think it is a mistake to attack the police?

7. How have Axelrod and Cleaver's time in prison changed his attitude to women?

8. What does Cleaver think Americans think of themselves collectively?

9. What is Cleaver's opinion of black men in this final chapter?

10. Summarize the final chapter.

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