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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 did humans split into when they climbed from the primordial ooze?

2. What does Cleaver say America thinks of itself collectively?

3. What does Cleaver think is the blacks' strengths?

4. Who used to pick fights with the old man?

5. What does Cleaver say Malcolm X wanted?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Cleaver think that white women seek out men socially beneath them?

2. What reason does Cleaver give for the riot in Watts?

3. How does Cleaver define the new left and the new right?

4. What does Cleaver write about their relationship in his second letter to Axelrod?

5. What does Axelrod say in her reply to Cleaver's first letter?

6. Why does Cleaver think black men need to see themselves as strong?

7. Why does Cleaver think President Johnson opposes sit-ins and teach-ins?

8. What does Cleaver think threatens the Negro revolution?

9. What events does Cleaver attribute to bridging the racial gap?

10. What is the correlation between the Negro revolution and the war in Vietnam?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine Cleaver's writing style. How would you describe his prose style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? Does he use any specific writing techniques? What meaning does Cleaver's style give to his story?

Essay Topic 2

How does Cleaver think society has been structured? How does this society keep people in their place? What do you think normal people have to do to make changes in this society?

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the following people and outline his/her influence on Eldridge Cleaver 's life and ideas.

1) Malcom X

2) Beverly Axelrod

3) President Kennedy

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