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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. Who did Malcolm X claim killed his father?

2. At what age did Martin Luther King, Jr. attend Morehouse College?

3. Who was the author and civil rights activist that spoke of "twoness"?

4. What governor was stated as a "camouflaged" racist in Chapter 3?

5. Who described Malcolm X as "the spokesman of bitter racism"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the issues that nationalists faced?

2. How did Malcolm justify his stand that blacks should not integrate with whites?

3. How did Cone show Martin Luther King, Sr.'s mindset on what a boy and a man were?

4. In accordance with the black freedom movement, what two tasks did King believe were necessary to speak to whites about?

5. How are the two distinct religious traditions in African-American communities linked?

6. What metaphor did King use to show the importance of "wholehearted work"?

7. What was Malcolm's idea of justice?

8. Discuss Malcolm's time at school.

9. Why did Malcolm have a problem with King's use of Christian values to help the black freedom movement progress forward?

10. To whom was Malcolm a speaker to the truth regarding black and white relations in America?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Martin Luther King, Jr.'s mind, and the minds of many others, how did the Declaration of Independence speak to the Constitutional freedoms that blacks should be able to possess?

Essay Topic 2

Cone sets readers up to ponder a question from the first time the book is laid in their hands. Therefore, was the civil rights movement an American Dream or an American Nightmare? Cite specific examples from the text to support your response.

Essay Topic 3

Malcolm had his own five objectives: unity, self-knowledge, self-love, self-defense, and separation. Discuss Malcolm's objectives. Why did Malcolm see them as important? Why did Malcolm see these objectives as the path to black freedom?

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