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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 think black men are brought up not to show?

2. What minority does the old man say has more power then the black man?

3. What does Cleaver say he used to call women?

4. What does Cleaver say is the only guarantee for black security?

5. What does Cleaver call those with delegated power below the Godhead?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Cleaver call his fellow prisoners eunuchs?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the following people and outline his/her influence on Eldridge Cleaver 's life and ideas.

1) Malcom X

2) Beverly Axelrod

3) President Kennedy

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Why does Cleaver think there is a need for police and military? Did he think rioters had any other choice other than to attack the police and military? Was the attack on the police in particular an example of the American blacks' disorganization?

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