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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What was the name of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s wife?
(a) Sybil.
(b) Coretta.
(c) Bridget.
(d) Martha.

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

6. Who described Malcolm X as "the spokesman of bitter racism"?
(a) The Washington Post.
(b) The Southern Reporter.
(c) The Chronicle.
(d) The New Yorker.

7. What kind of resources did the use of white, liberal Protestant religion offer to King in regard to the movement?
(a) Spiritual resources.
(b) Intellectual resources.
(c) Faith-bound resources.
(d) Common Christian resources.

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

9. What did Peter Bailey call Malcolm X?
(a) "Prophet X."
(b) "Master Teacher."
(c) "Teacher X."
(d) "Father X."

10. What need did King address in his speech, "Prayer Pilgrimage"?
(a) The need for equlity.
(b) The need for leadership.
(c) The need for power.
(d) The need for courage.

11. What German term did King use to refer to his belief that "the universe is under the control of a loving purpose, and that in the struggle for righteousness [we have] cosmic companionship"?
(a) Zeitgeist.
(b) Nietzschism.
(c) Marxism.
(d) Hermeneutics.

12. When did Martin Luther King, Jr. give his "Autobiography of Religious Development" sermon?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1975.
(c) 1949.
(d) 1983.

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

14. Complete the following statement made by King: "Men often __________ each other because they _________ each other".
(a) Hate / fear.
(b) Attack / fear.
(c) Despise / do not know.
(d) Love / care about.

15. What governor was stated as a "camouflaged" racist in Chapter 3?
(a) Reagan.
(b) Brown.
(c) Merriam.
(d) Rockefeller.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the English teacher who suggested that Malcolm work in carpentry and not law?

2. On what date did King make his first major speech to the nation?

3. In what year did "sit-ins" become an action used by the civil rights movement?

4. The Introduction claim that "blacks are Americans," given that they arrived before whom?

5. What nickname did Martin Luther King, Sr. have?

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