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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 Cone, what did Malcolm alienate in Chapter 6?

2. Who made the following statement found in Chapter 10: "The Negro in this country...has never been able to be a man"?

3. How many people marched on Washington, D.C. on August 28th?

4. Who did Martin Luther King, Jr. quote when he said, "My feets is tired but my soul is rested"?

5. What did Cone say African Americans needed instead of more churches? (Chapter 11)

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Malcolm feel that Christian values and beliefs were a contradiction to the faith itself?

2. According to Malcolm, what problem did "color" have on the self-hate that most blacks held?

3. How did King respond to watching Malcolm on television?

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

5. According to Cone, how did King proclaim and live the American dream?

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

7. What two books began black youth's movement away from nonviolent actions as the "weapon" for social change?

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

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

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

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 upon the facts that Cone presented, do you think that racism today is different from racism from the time of King and Malcolm? How? What are the similarities?

Essay Topic 3

Do you think that society labeling Malcolm X as the "bad guy" helped King to accomplish what he did in the civil rights movement? Why? Cite specific examples from the text to support your response.

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