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

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

3. What does Cleaver say lower class people think they have been robbed of?
(a) Their power
(b) Their minds
(c) Their freedom
(d) Their money

4. What city is Watts in?
(a) Seattle
(b) Los Angeles
(c) San Francisco
(d) New York

5. Which other traditional black dance does Cleaver say the whites took up in the Sixties?
(a) Salsa
(b) Fox trot
(c) Hula hoop
(d) Pringles

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the man say he said to the traffic cop many times?

2. What does the man say black men are not allowed access to?

3. What does Cleaver say a black man was willing to do for his white master?

4. What do the three men think the elderly men has sold out to?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the correlation between the Negro revolution and the war in Vietnam?

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

3. Why does Cleaver think the Negro is proving a success in the Sixties?

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

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

6. What does Cleaver say in his first letter to Beverly Axelrod?

7. What does Cleaver think threatens the Negro revolution?

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

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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