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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 post-colonial middle class expects to serve as the intermediary between which two groups?

2. An artistic renaissance often must be preceded by what?

3. The leader seeks to consolidate his power in what?

4. The search for an authentic Arab identify found its political articulation in what?

5. The conflicts in the country may cause the manifestations of what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What should those who are about to throw of colonialism realize?

2. According to Fanon, why is there a danger that national unity will disintegrate?

3. What is the new petty bourgeoisie like?

4. What does the native artist or writer discover? What do they learn?

5. How can nations bypass the problems that may occur after the revolution?

6. What will the leader of the post-colonial revolution be like? What will the leader's aims be?

7. What are the three phases of the culture's development by poets and writers?

8. What does Fanon say about the comparison between blacks in the United States with those in Africa? How are they similar and different?

9. Why can't the new middle class expect to serve as the intermediary between international corporations and the native population?

10. Why do new cultural forms emerge?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the colonial power seek to stop the revolutionary movement? What tactics or actions are used in order to stop the forward progress? Are these actions successful? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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