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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which Norman Mailer book does Cleaver mention in this chapter?
(a) The Fight
(b) The Sound and the Fury
(c) The White Negro
(d) Last Man Standing

2. What does Cleaver say Elijah preached?
(a) Peace
(b) Racism
(c) Hate
(d) The devil's teachings

3. Which of the following words does Cleaver decide to use to refer to the white man?
(a) Killer
(b) Mongrel
(c) Imperialist
(d) Power monger

4. What does Cleaver call white women?
(a) Men in dresses
(b) Loopy
(c) The Devil's Women
(d) The Ogre

5. Where was the woman sitting in the Eyes story?
(a) In a department store
(b) On a shoeshine stand
(c) In a restaurant
(d) Next to a fountain

6. What does Cleaver do at 7.30 am?
(a) Goes to work
(b) Writes letters
(c) Eats breakfast
(d) Wrestles

7. What happens three times a day?
(a) A prisoner escapes
(b) The prisoners are whipped
(c) The prisoners say their prayers
(d) The prisoners are counted

8. In which of the following areas does Cleaver say black men are accepted?
(a) High society
(b) Academia
(c) Prison
(d) Sports

9. What does Cleaver say the whites used to think of themselves as?
(a) The intelligent race
(b) The beautiful race
(c) The master race
(d) The civilized race

10. Why were whites willing to support a black man?
(a) They could feel good about themselves
(b) They could promote a good image for America
(c) They could make money from him
(d) There was no alternative

11. What writer does Cleaver say he was a huge fan of?
(a) Richard Wright
(b) Norman Mailer
(c) James Baldwin
(d) Hubert Selby Jr

12. What does Cleaver vow the black will have?
(a) His peace
(b) His freedom
(c) His manhood
(d) His own country

13. Which white writer does Cleaver mention in this chapter?
(a) Norman Mailer
(b) Hubert Selby Jr
(c) Nelson Algren
(d) Henry Miller

14. Why does Cleaver think Ali was the first real black champion?
(a) He was a muslim
(b) He was born in Africa
(c) He was outspoken
(d) He was not controlled by whites

15. What did Cleaver pin up on the wall of his cell?
(a) A photograph of his mother
(b) A picture of Jesus
(c) A pin-up girl
(d) A Muslim calender

Short Answer Questions

1. What major crime was Cleaver convicted of?

2. Which freedom rider does Cleaver mention in this chapter?

3. What did Cleaver's lawyer give him that resulted in Cleaver spending time in solitary confinement?

4. What did Cleaver want the prison system to provide?

5. Which of the following does Cleaver not say black leaders are faced with?

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