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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 the man say the relationship with his girlfriend became like after the knife incident?

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

3. What does Cleaver cite as black America's weakness?

4. What Communist nation does Cleaver talk about in this chapter?

5. What does Cleaver compare the Negro Revolution to?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Summarize the final chapter.

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

4. How does Cleaver think humankind began?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Do the students think Cleaver is unrealistic by asking for American blacks to open discussions with Africans? What problems do the students think such discussions could cause?

Essay Topic 2

What is soul food? What position does soul food hold in today's society? What does Cleaver mean by saying the upper class made soul food into a mocking slogan?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss with the students first person point of view. Why do the students think first person point of view is not necessarily reliable? What moments in the book do the students think are not so reliable and why? With the students discuss the advantages and disadvantages of using the first person.

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