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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Malcolm announce his break with the Nation of Islam?
(a) April 26, 1969.
(b) July 4, 1967.
(c) March 8, 1964.
(d) June 17, 1971.

2. After the 1965 riots in the Los Angeles ghetto, how many "Americas" did Martin Luther King, Jr. come to realize there were?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

3. Who made the following statement: "But the danger is that white people use King"?
(a) Wallace-Elijah's son.
(b) Louis Farikan.
(c) Elijah Muhammad.
(d) Malcolm.

4. What march did King believe was the "final lap of a freedom march that had started in Montgomery ten years earlier"?
(a) The Alabama march.
(b) The Charleston march.
(c) The Selma march.
(d) The Washington, D.C. march.

5. Who made the following statement: "If King loses, worse leaders are going to take his place"?
(a) Elijah Muhammad.
(b) Malcolm.
(c) Kennedy.
(d) Eisenhower.

6. According to King, "Nobody could ride your back unless" it is what?
(a) Bent.
(b) Tired.
(c) Harnessed.
(d) Broken.

7. During his June 1954 address in Harlem, what did Malcolm claim that the "white man" has brainwashed "us black people" to look upon?
(a) "An idol that the black community could not identify with."
(b) "A white Jesus."
(c) "A blondhaired, blue-eyed Jesus."
(d) "A racist Jesus."

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

9. What did Cone say African Americans needed instead of more churches? (Chapter 11)
(a) Honor.
(b) Justice.
(c) Pride.
(d) Love.

10. To whom did Malcolm gravitate towards after being ostracized from the Nation of Islam?
(a) Bobby Seale.
(b) Robert F. Williams.
(c) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(d) Martin Delany.

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

12. Which U.S. President refused to put voting rights up to Congress after King asked him to?
(a) Eisenhower.
(b) Roosevelt.
(c) Kennedy.
(d) Johnson.

13. What did Cone say was a "danger that pervades the leadership expectations of the African-American community"?
(a) The "Destiny plan".
(b) The "Prophet complex".
(c) The "Napoleon complex".
(d) The "Messiah complex".

14. To which biblical person was Malcolm X compared?
(a) Judas.
(b) Aaron.
(c) John.
(d) Peter.

15. Who said, "I am for truth, no matter who tells it"?
(a) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(b) Elijah Muhammad.
(c) Malcolm X.
(d) Louis Farikan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who made the following statement found in Chapter 11: "The price of freedom is death"?

2. According to Cone, to whom was Malcolm's most important audience during his last year?

3. What did blacks believe having faith in would deliver them from the KKK and other white hate groups?

4. What was the "most important similarity between Martin and Malcolm"?

5. 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"?

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