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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 country installed a fascist government after its revolution?

2. How many marked phases of development are there for native poets and writers, according to Fanon?

3. The post-colonial middle class has no understanding of what?

4. The government in Algeria expects people to work hard so who will profit?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Fanon argue that the post-colonial society should do to make the nation different and better than under colonialism?

3. Why is there not a single black culture in the world?

4. What is the new petty bourgeoisie like?

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

6. Why do new cultural forms emerge?

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

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

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

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

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 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

Fanon suggests that the post-colonial society would be wise to adopt humanistic values and ideals. Why does Fanon believe that humanism is beneficial for the post-colonial society? Do you agree or disagree with him? Why?

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