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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. What names did King omit from his jailhouse diary regarding his arrest in Albany?
(a) The names of Slater King and Rev. Ben Gay.
(b) The names Dr. Anderson and Ralph Abernathy.
(c) The names of the women arrested.
(d) The names of Rosa Parks and Malcom X.

2. What was the nickname for the infamous March 7th attack at the Edmund Pettus Bridge?
(a) "Bloody Sunday."
(b) "The Un-Holy Sabbath."
(c) "Bridge of Blood-day."
(d) "America's Truth."

3. According to Malcolm in an address to African-Americans, "All of us are black first" and what second?
(a) Human beings.
(b) Men.
(c) American.
(d) Everything else.

4. Where did Malcolm claim his view of women came from? (Chapter 10)
(a) The Nation of Islam.
(b) Society.
(c) The Bible.
(d) His mother.

5. Who wrote "And the Walls Came Tumbling Down"?
(a) Ralph Abernathy.
(b) Elijah Muhammad.
(c) W.E.B. DuBois.
(d) Emily Masterson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Martin Luther King, Jr. believe was the "last major barrier to black freedom"?

2. How many people marched on Washington, D.C. on August 28th?

3. Who did Malcolm claim God had "raised up...as the one to warn white America" in many of his speeches?

4. Who made the following statement found in Chapter 11: "Freedom is not free"?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What was the difference between Northern and Southern blacks?

4. 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?

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

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

7. Why did Malcolm find that Elijah Muhammad's Nation of Islam was a more suitable faith then Christianity for him?

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

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

10. Why did Cone state that the break between Malcolm and Muhammad "could not be avoided"?

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