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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. The birth of a new order can only come from what according to Fanon?

2. Wise rebel leaders recognize the importance of what?

3. Who helped the British colonial forces drive back young Kenyans?

4. Fanon states that what cannot sustain the revolution?

5. The natives realize that they have been what by colonialism?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Frantz Fanon's approach differ from Martin Luther King's?

5. How do the colonial powers try to combat the revolution?

6. What situations or obstacles may threaten the movement? Why?

7. What is the colonial system like for native peoples?

8. Why are the lumpenproletariat so important for the revolutionary movement?

9. How does the revolution begin?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What happens to native art under colonialism, according to Fanon? Describe the changes that occur in native art as the society moves from a colonial to post-colonial society. Why do you think these changes happens?

Essay Topic 2

What does Fanon think that native groups should do in colonial situations? What actions does he recommend in the book? What does he think a post-colonial society should look like? Do you agree or disagree? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Fanon argues that decolonization is always a violent struggle. What factors does he base this belief on? Do you agree or disagree with him? Why? Do you think violence is always necessary for decolonization? Why or why not?

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