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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 did humans split into when they climbed from the primordial ooze?
(a) Male and female
(b) Good and bad
(c) Black and white
(d) Muslims and Christians

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

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

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

5. Where does Cleaver say humans climbed out from?
(a) A swap
(b) An Icelandic volcano
(c) The sea
(d) Primordial ooze

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Cleaver say is here to stay?

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

3. What does Cleaver say America has 20 million of?

4. What kind of women does Cleaver claim that black men idolize?

5. Who does Cleaver address in this chapter?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why don't the younger men like the elderly black prisoner in Chapter 13?

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

3. Summarize the final chapter.

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

5. Why does Cleaver think that black men often despise their own women?

6. What reason does Cleaver give for the riot in Watts?

7. What happened to the elderly man's childhood friend?

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

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

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

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