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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. Malcolm taught the "true Islamic faith", one upheld by Eastern Islamic teachings. To whom did he make it applicable?
(a) Westernized Islamics.
(b) Eastern blacks.
(c) Black Americans.
(d) American black men.

2. Who influenced Malcolm's receptiveness to socialism?
(a) Kwame Nkrumah.
(b) Franz Fanon.
(c) Marcus Garvey.
(d) Lewis Woodson.

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

4. According to Cone, who should blacks whom are proud of their African heritage thank? (Chapter 11)
(a) W.E.B. DuBois.
(b) Malcolm X.
(c) Anthony Davis.
(d) Marcus Mosiah Garvey.

5. To what did Malcolm compare America's downfall in Chapter 6?
(a) The end of slavery.
(b) Atlantis.
(c) Lincoln's death.
(d) Egypt.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which Los Angeles ghetto did 14,000 National Guardsmen arrive at to restore order in 1965?

2. What two people's ideas did King infuse in regard to nonviolence and spirituality? (Chapter 9)

3. In what year was Martin Luther King, Jr. assassinated?

4. According to Cone, what limitation did King and Malcolm share in regard to being a problem with racism?

5. According to Cone in Chapter 8, what separated King from Malcolm?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Where did Malcolm derive his view of women?

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

7. 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?

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

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

10. Why did black men fail to question "The Moynihan Report" even though it offended them?

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