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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, The Pitfalls of National Consciousness.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The post-colonial middle class begins to act as what?
(a) Revolutionary leaders
(b) Tourist guides
(c) TV personalities
(d) Soldiers

2. The government in Algeria expects people to work hard so who will profit?
(a) The colonial power
(b) The country
(c) The intellectual elites
(d) The bourgeoisie

3. Why do the criminal acts by natives against natives rise?
(a) They vent their frustrations on one another
(b) To hurt other people
(c) To spite the white settlers
(d) The settlers force them to commit these acts

4. Some natives will have what because they have been allowed into the elite of colonialist society?
(a) Fewer resources
(b) Pride in the revolution
(c) Inertia
(d) Hope

5. Why is the advantage in the hands of the colonialists when violence does occur?
(a) They have the ideal of freedom on their side
(b) They know the land better
(c) Their military might
(d) They are smarter

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the middle class seek at any cost to avoid?

2. Where do the rebel leaders flee when they are harassed and threatened?

3. Which major nations recognized the importance of peace during the Cold War?

4. How should the post-colonial nation avoid the open hostility between the masses and those in power?

5. Fanon argues that the suppressed anger of the natives will turn to what?

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