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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who did Malcolm believe was responsible for the conspiracy to oust him from the Black Muslim movement?
(a) Muhammad.
(b) The American government.
(c) Wallace-Elijah's son.
(d) Chicago officials of the Black Muslim movement.

3. What did Cone claim was created for "the specific needs of blacks" in Chapter 6?
(a) The Southern Baptist faith.
(b) The CORE.
(c) The Nation of Islam.
(d) The NAACP.

4. What two people's ideas did King infuse in regard to nonviolence and spirituality? (Chapter 9)
(a) Gandhi and Thoreau.
(b) DuBois and Jesus.
(c) Orville and Gandhi.
(d) Martin Luther King, Sr. and Mills.

5. Who made the following statement: "Yes, I am personally the victim of deferred dreams, of blasted hopes"?
(a) Elijah Muhammad.
(b) Rosa Parks.
(c) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(d) Malcolm X.

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

7. What did Henry X, the Black Muslim minister, say that Malcolm had abandoned to become a "political sociologist"?
(a) The movement.
(b) Faith.
(c) Honor.
(d) Religion.

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

9. Who was the founder of the Nation of Islam?
(a) Elijah Muhammad.
(b) Elijah Ford Little.
(c) Wallace D. Ford.
(d) Malcolm Little.

10. Who said, "Sometimes I have dared to dream"?
(a) Malcolm X.
(b) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(c) Martin Luther King, Sr.
(d) Gandhi.

11. According to Cone, what did Malcolm alienate in Chapter 6?
(a) Faith.
(b) Christianity.
(c) Promise.
(d) America.

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

13. Who did Malcolm claim God had "raised up...as the one to warn white America" in many of his speeches?
(a) Himself.
(b) The black initiative.
(c) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(d) Elijah Muhammad.

14. What did Malcolm claim people needed in order to "go[ing] anywhere in this world"?
(a) Faith.
(b) Education.
(c) Power.
(d) Equality.

15. How many years did Malcolm X spend with Elijah Muhammad and the Nation of Islam?
(a) 16.
(b) 5.
(c) 8.
(d) 12.

Short Answer Questions

1. Malcolm taught the "true Islamic faith", one upheld by Eastern Islamic teachings. To whom did he make it applicable?

2. What influenced Malcolm's "conception of the nightmare"?

3. 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"?

4. How did Malcolm publicly characterize the assassination that he had been forbidden to speak about?

5. What did Malcolm consider socialism to be an alternative for?

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