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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. Malcolm taught the "true Islamic faith", one upheld by Eastern Islamic teachings. To whom did he make it applicable?
2. According to Malcolm in an address to African-Americans, "All of us are black first" and what second?
3. Who was the founder of the Nation of Islam?
4. Who made the following statement found in Chapter 11: "Freedom is not free"?
5. Who made the following statement: "If King loses, worse leaders are going to take his place"?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. Why did Malcolm find that Elijah Muhammad's Nation of Islam was a more suitable faith then Christianity for him?
3. What was the "doctrine of doom of white America" based upon?
4. Why did Malcolm find it necessary to address Third World nations regarding civil inequalities?
5. According to Cone, how did King proclaim and live the American dream?
6. Although Malcolm did not finish the ninth grade, he valued education. Why did Malcolm value education?
7. Why did Cone state that the break between Malcolm and Muhammad "could not be avoided"?
8. Why did black men fail to question "The Moynihan Report" even though it offended them?
9. According to Malcolm, what problem did "color" have on the self-hate that most blacks held?
10. What two books began black youth's movement away from nonviolent actions as the "weapon" for social change?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Readers are shown the very different ways that King and Malcolm X were brought up. King was surrounded by core Christian values, while Malcolm X was the product of turmoil. How do you think their different upbringings helped to form them as leaders, and therefore the movements, given they were both fighting for the same thing?
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
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?
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