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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. Which singer does Cleaver talk about in this chapter?

2. What does Cleaver say the whites used to think of themselves as?

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

4. Where does Cleaver work?

5. What does Cleaver admit he was in love with in this opening chapter?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Elijah Muhammed supporters react to Malcolm X's death?

2. Describe Cleaver's afternoon routine.

3. Why does Cleaver think the whites favored Floyd Patterson over Mohammed Ali?

4. What are the four stages of white youth rebellion?

5. What problem does the Muslim have with Cleaver's eyes in Chapter 3?

6. Why did Cleaver become involved in the Catholic Church while in prison?

7. What happened to Paul Robeson when he spoke out for black rights?

8. Summarize the first vignette in this chapter.

9. What is Cleaver's opinion of women while he is in prison?

10. What are the prisoners' views on lawyers?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What problems does Cleaver have with James Baldwin? Why does Cleaver prefer Richard Wright? What influence did both authors have on 1960s culture and, in particular, the Negro revolution?

Essay Topic 2

Choose one of the following and examine how it helped to bridge the racial gap:

1) Popular music

2) The Twist

3) President Kennedy

Essay Topic 3

What is soul food? What position does soul food hold in today's society? What does Cleaver mean by saying the upper class made soul food into a mocking slogan?

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