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

2. Who does Cleaver say he heard scream out?
(a) His woman
(b) His dog
(c) His mother
(d) His children

3. What war does Cleaver talk about in this chapter?
(a) The Vietnam War
(b) The American Civil War
(c) World War II
(d) The Korean War

4. What does Cleaver say the new left and the new right are the result of?
(a) The Negro Revolution
(b) World War II
(c) The sixties youth
(d) The Vietnam War

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cleaver say he has considered running for?

2. What word does Cleaver use in this chapter to refer to all black men?

3. What does Cleaver say Malcom X did not believe in?

4. What does Cleaver think was not a positive move for the Negro revolution?

5. What does Cleaver think is the blacks' strengths?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Cleaver's opinion on the structure of society?

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

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

4. Summarize the elderly man's monologue in Chapter 13.

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

6. Why does Cleaver think President Johnson opposes sit-ins and teach-ins?

7. Summarize the final chapter.

8. Why does Cleaver think black men need to see themselves as strong?

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

10. What does Cleaver write about their relationship in his second letter to Axelrod?

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