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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. To whom did John Shabazz compare Malcolm X?
2. According to Cone, who was the only person to point out the "past and current injustices of American society in relation to its inhabitants of African descent"?
3. What was Malcolm X's birth name?
4. By what title did King's admirers frequently refer to him?
5. What was the name of Malcolm X's wife?
Short Essay Questions
1. According to Cone, what did the black middle class believe in?
2. To whom was Malcolm a speaker to the truth regarding black and white relations in America?
3. What was the difference in the way that whites and blacks were addressed during Martin's youth?
4. What are the two distinct religious traditions in the African-American community?
5. Why was the North considered "Canaan"?
6. Why did Malcolm state, "While King was having a dream, the rest of us Negros are having a nightmare"?
7. How are the two distinct religious traditions in African-American communities linked?
8. In accordance with the black freedom movement, what two tasks did King believe were necessary to speak to whites about?
9. What were the issues that nationalists faced?
10. What happened to King, at the age of six, concerning the "ugly manifestations of segregation"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Cone dedicated an entire section of his book to the sexism that existed within the black freedom movement. How did Cone justify Malcolm and King's realized, or unrealized, sexist stand that they took against black women?
Essay Topic 3
Based on the information in the book, who do you think had the greatest impact on the civil rights or black freedom movement? Why?
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