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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 America thinks of itself collectively?

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

3. Which of the following does Cleaver not attribute to helping to bridge the racial gap?

4. Which other traditional black dance does Cleaver say the whites took up in the Sixties?

5. Why does Cleaver think the government is starting to hand African Americans equal rights?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Cleaver think is the only way to guarantee black security?

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

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

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

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

9. Why does Cleaver call his fellow prisoners eunuchs?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the values of the 1960s.

1) Why did Afro-American politics come to the fore during this time ?

2) What significant changes do you think occurred during this period?

3) Does today's society share any values with 1960s America?

Essay Topic 2

Examine black femininity.

1) In what way could female Afro-Americans be seen as among the most oppressed people in America in the first part of the twentieth century?

2) What is Cleaver's view of black femininity in the book?

3) Why do you think Cleaver's attitude toward women has changed so much?

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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