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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 did Cone claim was created for "the specific needs of blacks" in Chapter 6?

3. According to Cone, what did Malcolm alienate in Chapter 6?

4. Who wrote "And the Walls Came Tumbling Down"?

5. Who did Malcolm believe was responsible for the conspiracy to oust him from the Black Muslim movement?

Short Essay Questions

1. Unlike Malcolm, why did King believe in whites?

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

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

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

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

6. According to Malcolm, what are the similarities between "integration" and "separation"?

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

8. Why did Malcolm find it necessary to address Third World nations regarding civil inequalities?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

Both King and Malcolm had a path that they both decided was the best for the black freedom movement. Compare and contrast the different paths that King and Malcolm believed would lead to black freedom.

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