Martin & Malcolm & America: A Dream or a Nightmare Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

James H. Cone
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Martin & Malcolm & America: A Dream or a Nightmare Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

James H. Cone
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what age was Martin Luther King, Jr.'s first experience with segregation?
(a) 8.
(b) 12.
(c) 6.
(d) 4.

2. Who described Malcolm X as "the spokesman of bitter racism"?
(a) The Southern Reporter.
(b) The Chronicle.
(c) The New Yorker.
(d) The Washington Post.

3. 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"?
(a) Abraham Lincoln.
(b) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(c) Malcolm X.
(d) Rosa Parks.

4. By what title did King's admirers frequently refer to him?
(a) The Man.
(b) The preacher.
(c) The dreamer.
(d) The prophet.

5. How tall was Malcolm X?
(a) Six feet nine inches.
(b) Six feet three inches.
(c) Five feet ten inches.
(d) Five feet four inches.

6. What tradition did King's faith follow in Christianity?
(a) Southern Baptist.
(b) Black Christian.
(c) Black Baptist.
(d) Midwestern Baptist.

7. At what age did King join the Ebenezer Baptist Church?
(a) 16.
(b) 13.
(c) 11.
(d) 5.

8. What tradition was Black Christianity associated with?
(a) Nationalism.
(b) Integrationalism.
(c) Surfism.
(d) Marxism.

9. What animal did Malcolm compare blacks to in Chapter 4?
(a) Dogs.
(b) Lions.
(c) Tigers.
(d) Elephants.

10. In what year did Malcolm convert to Islam?
(a) 1948.
(b) 1961.
(c) 1957.
(d) 1954.

11. Where did Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X meet for the first and only time in their lives?
(a) North Carolina.
(b) Virginia.
(c) Washington, D.C.
(d) Tennessee.

12. What were the two "great resistance traditions in African-American history" that the meeting between Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. provided to the black freedom movement?
(a) The American Dream and The American Nightmare.
(b) Integrationism and nationalism.
(c) Hope and vitality.
(d) Promise and freedom.

13. To whom did John Shabazz compare Malcolm X?
(a) Napoleon.
(b) Edward III.
(c) Hitler.
(d) Judas.

14. What was the South described as during the "antebellum" period?
(a) Egypt.
(b) Hell.
(c) Uneducated.
(d) Backwards.

15. After how many years of "verbal sparring" did Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X meet?
(a) 8.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the English teacher who suggested that Malcolm work in carpentry and not law?

2. Who did Malcolm X claim the "real criminal" was in his address in Harlem on August 10, 1963?

3. Who was the author and civil rights activist that spoke of "twoness"?

4. What was Malcolm's nickname in prison?

5. To which biblical person was Martin Luther King, Jr. compared?

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