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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. In what year was Malcolm X assassinated?

2. What did the many who saw Malcolm as an advocate of violence and hate fail to acknowledge?

3. According to Malcolm, whose job was "passing on black cultural traditions to the children"?

4. According to Cone, what limitation did King and Malcolm share in regard to being a problem with racism?

5. For how many days did Muhammad silence Malcolm for his comments on the assassination that he had been forbidden to speak about?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Cone, why was Malcolm's faith harder to understand and communicate to the majority of Americans?

2. What was the difference between Northern and Southern blacks?

3. What limited both Malcolm and King from recognizing the connection between racism and sexism?

4. Although Malcolm did not finish the ninth grade, he valued education. Why did Malcolm value education?

5. What was Malcolm's "The Ballot or the Bullet" speech an initial attempt for him to do?

6. Unlike Malcolm, why did King believe in whites?

7. Why did Malcolm find it necessary to address Third World nations regarding civil inequalities?

8. Why did black men fail to question "The Moynihan Report" even though it offended them?

9. Why did Malcolm find that Elijah Muhammad's Nation of Islam was a more suitable faith then Christianity for him?

10. What did Cone state the difference between King and Malcolm was regarding their impact on recognizing them today?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

While King spoke vehemently about the use of non-violent actions, Malcolm X could be seen as King's foil. Explain the difference between the actions that King and Malcolm X took to fight for civil rights.

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

The title of Chapter 6 is "White Man's Heaven Is a Black Man's Hell." How did the author's belief and the history that he provided readers with regarding Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. support this ideology?

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