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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. According to King, "Nobody could ride your back unless" it is what?

2. What names did King omit from his jailhouse diary regarding his arrest in Albany?

3. What did Cone say were the "outward signs of an inward transformation"? (Chapter 11)

4. How did Malcolm publicly characterize the assassination that he had been forbidden to speak about?

5. What did Malcolm call the black leaders that accepted financial support from liberal whites?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Malcolm, what are the similarities between "integration" and "separation"?

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

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

4. Why did Cone state that the break between Malcolm and Muhammad "could not be avoided"?

5. What was King surprised to find out about urban youth's mindset regarding the civil rights movement following the signing of the Voting Rights Bill?

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

7. What was the "doctrine of doom of white America" based upon?

8. What was the official reason that was issued regarding Malcolm's removal from the Nation of Islam?

9. What did Cone decide was the greatest limitation for both King and Malcolm?

10. How do Americans remember Martin Luther King, Jr. today?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What qualities did both Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. possess that qualified them as leaders?

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

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?

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