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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 in Chapter 8, what separated King from Malcolm?

2. Who said, "I am for truth, no matter who tells it"?

3. According to Cone, what limitation did King and Malcolm share in regard to being a problem with racism?

4. What was the "most important similarity between Martin and Malcolm"?

5. What did Henry X, the Black Muslim minister, say that Malcolm had abandoned to become a "political sociologist"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Although Malcolm did not finish the ninth grade, he valued education. Why did Malcolm value education?

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

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

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

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

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

10. Where did Malcolm derive his view of women?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Based on the information in the book, who do you think had the greatest impact on the civil rights or black freedom movement? Why?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Martin Luther King, Jr. placed much faith in the cross and the imagery that the cross represented. Based upon his thoughts, answer the following questions:

- What did the cross represent for King?

- What imagery did King associate with the cross?

- How did Christ's rise from the cross represent the rise of African Americans?

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