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

2. What is the title of this chapter?
(a) Blood of the Beast, Rallying Round the Flag
(b) Fight the Power
(c) A Loving Spoonful
(d) As God is My Witness

3. What did Cleaver feel when he called Axelrod a bitch?
(a) Excitement
(b) Emptiness
(c) Shame
(d) Jealousy

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

5. What does Cleaver say he shares with Beverly?
(a) A deep soul
(b) The same opinion
(c) Two children
(d) The ultimate love

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does the man say the relationship with his girlfriend became like after the knife incident?

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

5. What does Cleaver think Lyndon Johnson fears?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Axelrod say in her reply to Cleaver's first letter?

2. Why does Cleaver call his fellow prisoners eunuchs?

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

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

5. What does Cleaver think threatens the Negro revolution?

6. How does Cleaver think the American government is deceiving the public about the Vietnam War?

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

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

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

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

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