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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the South described as during the "antebellum" period?
(a) Uneducated.
(b) Egypt.
(c) Backwards.
(d) Hell.

2. How tall was Malcolm X?
(a) Six feet three inches.
(b) Six feet nine inches.
(c) Five feet four inches.
(d) Five feet ten inches.

3. Where did King make his first major speech to the nation?
(a) The lawn of the White House.
(b) The Washington Monument.
(c) The Library of Congress.
(d) The Lincoln Memorial.

4. What was the North described as during the "antebellum" period?
(a) Canaan.
(b) White.
(c) Eden.
(d) Heaven.

5. What religious affiliation was Martin Luther King, Jr. aligned with?
(a) Christian Integrationist.
(b) Marxist.
(c) Muslim Nationalist.
(d) Buddist Imperialist.

6. From whose teachings did Martin Luther King, Jr. learn of successful nonviolent actions?
(a) Descartes.
(b) Gaius.
(c) John Stewert Mill.
(d) Gandhi.

7. Who did Malcolm X claim killed his father?
(a) The Black Legionnaires.
(b) America.
(c) The White Supremacists.
(d) The Ku Klux Klan.

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

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

10. In what year did Malcolm convert to Islam?
(a) 1948.
(b) 1957.
(c) 1961.
(d) 1954.

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

12. What was King's favorite image used to show the importance of being the best in your profession?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Chimney sweep.
(c) Street-sweeper.
(d) Bus driver.

13. How many days did the Montgomery bus boycott last?
(a) 217.
(b) 436.
(c) 381.
(d) 198.

14. In what type of store did Martin Luther King, Jr. and his father experience racism together?
(a) A grocery store.
(b) A shoe store.
(c) A general store.
(d) A book store.

15. Who was Malcolm's focus audience when he spoke?
(a) Racists.
(b) Governmental leaders.
(c) Whites.
(d) Blacks.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was Malcolm X paroled from Charlestown State Prison?

2. According to Chapter 3, what did Cone say most people thought King centered his thoughts and actions upon?

3. At what age did King join the Ebenezer Baptist Church?

4. What was Malcolm's nickname in prison?

5. 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?

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