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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 is it important for those who are about to throw off colonialism to realize?

2. The farm workers come to know the value of what?

3. Modern Arabs cannot revive what?

4. The colonial power treats the natives as what?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. When can the beginnings of an authentic African culture begin?

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

3. Why does the colonial power implement programs and reforms? What should the rebels realize about these?

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

5. How can the people of Africa avoid the disintegration of national unity and the threat from the bourgeoisie?

6. Why is a uniform national prosperity far from a reality?

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

8. What are the three phases of the culture's development by poets and writers?

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

10. What things threaten the delicate veneer of national consciousness?

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

What does Fanon think that native groups should do in colonial situations? What actions does he recommend in the book? What does he think a post-colonial society should look like? Do you agree or disagree? Why?

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