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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cleaver say is happening in Vietnam that is encouraging people to be more approving of blacks?

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

3. What kind of men do black women respect?

4. What does Cleaver say the new left and the new right are the result of?

5. What does Cleaver think makes the difference in the Sixties Negro Revolution?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Cleaver call his fellow prisoners eunuchs?

4. Summarize the final chapter.

5. How does Cleaver define the new left and the new right?

6. What does Cleaver think threatens the Negro revolution?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine Cleaver's time in prison.

1) What concessions did Cleaver have to make in prison to survive?

2) How did prison change Cleaver?

3) What kind of person do the students think Cleaver would have become if he had not gone to prison?

Essay Topic 2

Write a 500-word essay that answers the following question: In what way could President Kennedy's death be seen as a help to the civil rights movement rather than a hindrance?

Essay Topic 3

Examine Cleaver's writing style. How would you describe his prose style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? Does he use any specific writing techniques? What meaning does Cleaver's style give to his story?

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