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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 city was known as the "Cradle of the Confederacy"?

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

3. What nickname did Martin Luther King, Sr. have?

4. What animal did Malcolm compare blacks to in Chapter 4?

5. What three themes shaped King's faith and theology?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Malcolm begin to become more political and less religious regarding his public speeches?

3. Why was the North considered "Canaan"?

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

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

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

7. What happened to Malcolm's parents during his youth?

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

9. What were the issues that nationalists faced?

10. What were the problems associated with Du Bois' theory of "twoness"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Based upon the material presented in the book, what do you think were the limitations of both King and Malcolm X? Why? Cite specific examples from the text to support your response.

Essay Topic 2

Cone stated that both King and Malcolm failed to acknowledge sexism and classism as part of their race toward freedom. How, and why, did both King and Malcolm ignore the importance of addressing both classism and sexism within the civil rights movement?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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