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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. What type of music was a reaction to colonialism after WWII?

2. Fanon argues that nations should nationalize what sector of the economy?

3. The colonial power treats the natives as what?

4. The Arab world threw off which culture in the 1960s?

5. Once the colonial power realizes that any reforms will not satisfy the natives, what does it do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the people do when they realize the leader's true motives? What does the leader do?

2. How does the discovery of one's own indigenous culture affect the artist or writers?

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

4. How does the new middle class treat the farm workers?

5. What is the new petty bourgeoisie like?

6. What happens to the national political party and the militants who started the revolution?

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

8. How does the Arab world demonstrate the awaking of culture? What happened?

9. Why do new cultural forms emerge?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What was Fanon's work like in Algeria? How do you think his experiences and observations there influenced this book? Why do you think he chose to write this work? Do you feel he was qualified to do so?

Essay Topic 2

Describe one example that Fanon uses to illustrate the consequences that colonialism can have on individuals? What does Fanon believe is causing the particular issue for the person? What point is he trying to make with the examples that he gives? Do you agree or disagree with his point? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Why does Fanon argue that there cannot be a single, global black culture? Do you agree or disagree with him? Why? What do post-colonial societies have in common with each other? How are they different from each other?

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