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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The settlers see the natives as what?
(a) Honorable
(b) Beasts
(c) Sad creatures
(d) Capable of reform

2. Fanon suggests that the act of colonization is accompanied by what?
(a) Fanfare and celebration
(b) Knives and guns
(c) Acceptance and commitment
(d) Apathy and uncaring

3. Rebel leaders are called upon to articulate a clear what?
(a) Creed
(b) National vision
(c) Religious doctrine
(d) Slogan

4. As the native population approaches the stage of decolonization, Fanon argues that they go through a phase of what when they think of the task of throwing off the colonial power?
(a) Fear
(b) Anger
(c) Acceptance
(d) Apathy

5. When the native become discontent with the settlers' society, what does the native rediscover?
(a) The strengths of his own culture
(b) The strengths of the settlers' society
(c) The strengths of the government
(d) The strengths of migration

6. In preparing to overthrow the colonial powers, the native will face threats from whom?
(a) Colonialist police
(b) Other natives
(c) Outside threats
(d) Nature

7. Who was the colonial power in Angola?
(a) Portugal
(b) England
(c) France
(d) Norway

8. Who helped the British colonial forces drive back young Kenyans?
(a) Russian forces
(b) Kenyan elders
(c) Christian missionaries
(d) United States foreign aid workers

9. What sustains the rebel cause?
(a) Power and greed
(b) Love and peace
(c) Determination and courage
(d) Fear and apathy

10. Rebel political movements make a mistake by turning first to whom, according to Fanon?
(a) Young natives
(b) Elite bourgeoisie
(c) Less educated natives
(d) Rural people

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

12. In indulging in the "fraternal bloodbath," the native distracts itself from confronting what?
(a) The effects of colonization
(b) Their own inferiority
(c) The colonialist powers
(d) The futility of the situation

13. What does Fanon call the rural people?
(a) Lumpenproletariat
(b) Bourgeoisie
(c) Urbanites
(d) Intellectual elite

14. What must the native do to reclaim his humanity?
(a) Quietly serve
(b) Get rid of the settler's values
(c) Swear allegiance to the settlers
(d) Follow the rule of the colonizers

15. Colonization robs the native of what?
(a) Human rights
(b) Danger and excitement
(c) Ability to serve
(d) Love

Short Answer Questions

1. Political parties may be inexperienced at organizing what?

2. What advantage does the colonial power have over the rebel?

3. Indigenous people become what in their own lands under colonialism?

4. White settlers view the increase in violence as proof of what?

5. Fanon advises the post-colonial societies to abandon the route of what?

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