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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 influenced Malcolm's receptiveness to socialism?

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

3. When did Malcolm announce his break with the Nation of Islam?

4. To what did Malcolm compare America's downfall in Chapter 6?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where did Malcolm derive his view of women?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What did the imagery of the "bullet" and the "ballot" represent for Malcolm?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Malcolm had his own five objectives: unity, self-knowledge, self-love, self-defense, and separation. Discuss Malcolm's objectives. Why did Malcolm see them as important? Why did Malcolm see these objectives as the path to black freedom?

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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