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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Cone say that the understanding of King's faith and theology began?
(a) During the Montgomery Bus crisis.
(b) During the riots in New York.
(c) As a response to a hate crime conducted in the Supreme Court.
(d) During the creation of the ghettos.

2. In what year did Martin Delany write "The Condition, Elevation, Emigration, and Destiny of Colored People of the United States"?
(a) 1976.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1852.
(d) 1909.

3. What faith shaped King's idea of God?
(a) The faith of the "black man in America".
(b) The faith of the "black experience".
(c) The faith of "Christianity".
(d) The faith of "humanity".

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

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

6. What church was King's father a minister of?
(a) Montgomery First Baptist Church.
(b) Ebenezer Baptist Church.
(c) South Central Baptist Church.
(d) First Baptist Church.

7. 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) Promise and freedom.
(b) Integrationism and nationalism.
(c) The American Dream and The American Nightmare.
(d) Hope and vitality.

8. Who was the leader of the Montgomery bus boycott?
(a) Dexter Probst.
(b) Charlie Rose.
(c) Rosa Parks.
(d) Martin Luther King, Jr.

9. Who was considered the most effective missionary of the Nation of Islam?
(a) Wallace D. Fard Muhammad.
(b) Louis Farrakhan.
(c) Malcolm X.
(d) Elijah Muhammad.

10. What magazine called Malcolm X "an unashamed demagogue"?
(a) The New Yorker.
(b) Newsweek.
(c) Time.
(d) The Washington Times.

11. What was the name of the weekly column that Malcolm wrote for African-American newspapers?
(a) "The American Nightmare."
(b) "Of What I Stand For."
(c) "One Voice."
(d) "God's Angry Men."

12. What did Malcolm claim that white man had done to blacks because of the "satanic nature of the white man"?
(a) Brainwashed them.
(b) Lied to them.
(c) Stripped them of their freedoms.
(d) Dehumanized them.

13. How many objectives did King announce for the role of blacks in the movement?
(a) 10.
(b) 5.
(c) 7.
(d) 3.

14. What three themes shaped King's faith and theology?
(a) Pride, Chrisitanity, and hope.
(b) Love, balance, and pride.
(c) Justice, fear, and power.
(d) Hope, justice, and love.

15. How many demands did the black community make of the Montgomery Bus company to stop the boycott?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 8.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of resources did the use of white, liberal Protestant religion offer to King in regard to the movement?

2. What was the "secret church of slaves" named?

3. At what age did Martin Luther King, Jr. attend Morehouse College?

4. In what year did Martin Luther King, Jr. become pastor of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church?

5. What tradition was Black Christianity associated with?

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