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

2. National revolutionary political parties usually show what toward rural peasants?

3. In the colonial society, who holds the power?

4. Which colonial power controlled Congo?

5. In what country did Belgian colonialist military forces remove rural youths from the cities in 1957?

Short Essay Questions

1. What actions do the leaders of the movement need to do in order to keep the movement going?

2. Why do the colonial powers seek to create a divide between the rural and urban areas?

3. Where is the most spontaneous and explosive force for the revolution found, according to Fanon? Why is this?

4. What are the earliest stages of the rebellion like?

5. Who tries to block or resist the native/rebel, according to Fanon?

6. What is the biggest mistake that rebel political movements make in underdeveloped countries? Why?

7. How does Fanon believe that dance relates to the oppression of colonialism?

8. What is colonization, according to Fanon? What are the effects of colonization?

9. Why do the rebel leaders flee to the countryside? What happens to the movement?

10. Why is the colonizing nation not interested in violence against the native peoples?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

According to Fanon, what is a colonial society like? Use examples from the book to help describe Fanon's view of colonial societies. What effects do colonial societies have on the citizens? Why are these consequences seen?

Essay Topic 2

What does the post-colonial society need to do after the revolution to escape the old patterns of racism and exploitation, according to Fanon? Why do you think he suggests these actions as better? Do you agree or disagree with him? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Why is native culture an important part of the revolution against colonialism? What changes have to take place among native artists? Why do you think native art is repressed under colonialism?

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