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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year was the Fugitive Slave Act passed?
(a) 1934.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1850.
(d) 1903.

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

3. In what grade did Malcolm X's education end?
(a) 11th.
(b) 6th.
(c) 8th.
(d) 5th.

4. What did Malcolm call Martin Luther King, Jr. because of the whites naming him as the "leader of the blacks"?
(a) "A traitor."
(b) "A hater of the black movement."
(c) "A religious Uncle Tom."
(d) "A misnomer."

5. In what year was Malcolm X born?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1938.
(c) 1918.
(d) 1925.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what year did Malcolm convert to Islam?

3. Which U.S. President did King claim would not speak in major Southern cities?

4. Who did Malcolm X claim killed his father?

5. By what title did King's admirers frequently refer to him?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Frederick Douglass use the Constitution to declare his rights as an American?

2. What were the issues that nationalists faced?

3. What are the two distinct religious traditions in the African-American community?

4. How did Malcolm justify his stand that blacks should not integrate with whites?

5. Why did King realize the problem with black's self-respect?

6. What did the concept of unity mean to Malcolm?

7. What was the difference in the way that whites and blacks were addressed during Martin's youth?

8. To whom was Malcolm a speaker to the truth regarding black and white relations in America?

9. What were the problems associated with the media's portrayal of King and Malcolm as adversaries?

10. What did black leaders believe was necessary to gain "political and economic benefits"?

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