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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. How did Cone characterize the media's representations of the "black self" in the 1950s?
(a) Negative.
(b) Demeaning.
(c) Meaningless.
(d) Narrow.

2. Who made the following statement found in Chapter 10: "You don't have to be a man to fight for freedom. All you have to do is be an intelligent human being"?
(a) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(b) John Stuart Mill.
(c) Malcolm.
(d) W.E.B. DuBois.

3. What did the many who saw Malcolm as an advocate of violence and hate fail to acknowledge?
(a) His biblically based teachings.
(b) His loyalty to America.
(c) His religious commitment.
(d) His power and importance.

4. In what year was Malcolm X assassinated?
(a) 1968.
(b) 1963.
(c) 1970.
(d) 1965.

5. What television production portrayed the Black Muslims as a black nationalist hate group in 1959?
(a) "The Hate That Hate Produced."
(b) "Stormfront."
(c) "The Weather Underground Documentary."
(d) "A Twisted Definition of Hate."

Short Answer Questions

1. For how many days did Muhammad silence Malcolm for his comments on the assassination that he had been forbidden to speak about?

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

3. What influenced Malcolm's "conception of the nightmare"?

4. What did Cone say was a "danger that pervades the leadership expectations of the African-American community"?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What two books began black youth's movement away from nonviolent actions as the "weapon" for social change?

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

8. 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?

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

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

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