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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 gave Malcolm the name "Malcolm X"?

2. According to Cone, who did blacks in the ghettos turn to for hope?

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

4. What did Martin Luther King, Jr. claim to be "first and foremost" in his 1961 "Redbook" interview?

5. Who was Malcolm's focus audience when he spoke?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Cone, what did the black middle class believe in?

2. What were the issues that nationalists faced?

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

4. What did the concept of unity mean to Malcolm?

5. What was Malcolm's idea of justice?

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

7. What metaphor has always dominated by King's writings and speeches?

8. What three factors formed the context for King's idea of the "American Dream"?

9. Where and when did Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X first meet?

10. What were the problems associated with the media's portrayal of King and Malcolm as adversaries?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the different representations of both Malcolm and King by the media. How did the media describe both men? How did these representations separate the men in the eyes of Americans?

Essay Topic 2

Based on the information in the book, who do you think had the greatest impact on the civil rights or black freedom movement? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Cone dedicated an entire section of his book to the sexism that existed within the black freedom movement. How did Cone justify Malcolm and King's realized, or unrealized, sexist stand that they took against black women?

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