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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What report claimed that the "black man was victimized more than black women" and the black man had to "step forward" while the black woman had to "step backward"?
(a) De'Leka.
(b) Suanters.
(c) Mathers.
(d) Moynihan.

2. What title did Muhammad bestow on Malcolm in 1963?
(a) "Messenger."
(b) "National Minister."
(c) "Commander."
(d) "Prophet."

3. In what year was Martin Luther King, Jr. assassinated?
(a) 1968.
(b) 1970.
(c) 1961.
(d) 1965.

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

5. What did Martin Luther King, Jr. believe was the "last major barrier to black freedom"?
(a) Multiculturalism.
(b) Acceptance by the whole of America.
(c) Ignorance.
(d) Denial of suffrage.

6. 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"?
(a) John Stuart Mill.
(b) W.E.B. DuBois.
(c) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(d) Malcolm.

7. According to Cone in Chapter 8, what separated King from Malcolm?
(a) Optimism.
(b) Love.
(c) Understanding.
(d) Pride.

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

9. What was the nickname for the infamous March 7th attack at the Edmund Pettus Bridge?
(a) "America's Truth."
(b) "Bloody Sunday."
(c) "The Un-Holy Sabbath."
(d) "Bridge of Blood-day."

10. In what year was Malcolm X assassinated?
(a) 1970.
(b) 1968.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1963.

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

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

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

14. According to Cone, who should blacks whom are proud of their African heritage thank? (Chapter 11)
(a) Anthony Davis.
(b) W.E.B. DuBois.
(c) Malcolm X.
(d) Marcus Mosiah Garvey.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What leaders did King find more interest in regarding their influence on the change of world politics? (Chapter 9)

2. Where did Malcolm claim his view of women came from? (Chapter 10)

3. Who did Martin Luther King, Jr. quote when he said, "My feets is tired but my soul is rested"?

4. According to Cone, what did Malcolm alienate in Chapter 6?

5. What was the central theme for both King and Malcolm in the black freedom struggle? (Chapter 9)

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