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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What image did Cone claim created more harm than help in black churches? (Chapter 11)
(a) "A white Jesus."
(b) "A white history of religion."
(c) "A white Bible."
(d) "A masculine and white ruled theology."

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

3. What names did King omit from his jailhouse diary regarding his arrest in Albany?
(a) The names Dr. Anderson and Ralph Abernathy.
(b) The names of Rosa Parks and Malcom X.
(c) The names of Slater King and Rev. Ben Gay.
(d) The names of the women arrested.

4. Who served as the "acting director" of the SCLC although most of the male preachers found she did not "exhibit the 'right attitude"?
(a) Mary Fair Burks.
(b) Ella Baker.
(c) Fannie Lou Hammer.
(d) Jo Ann Robinson.

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

6. According to King, what happened when he watched Malcolm on television? (Chapter 9)
(a) He would fail to see his point.
(b) He would get a twinge of hate.
(c) He would fail to identify with him.
(d) He would turn off the television.

7. What did Malcolm call the black leaders that accepted financial support from liberal whites?
(a) "Puppets."
(b) "Puppies."
(c) "Racists."
(d) "Slaves."

8. What did the many who saw Malcolm as an advocate of violence and hate fail to acknowledge?
(a) His power and importance.
(b) His biblically based teachings.
(c) His loyalty to America.
(d) His religious commitment.

9. According to Cone, to whom was Malcolm's most important audience during his last year?
(a) Third world nations.
(b) Black men of America.
(c) African Americans.
(d) Black Americans.

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

11. Who made the following statement found in Chapter 11: "The price of freedom is death"?
(a) Edgar Allen Poe.
(b) King George III.
(c) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(d) Malcolm X.

12. Who did Martin Luther King, Jr. quote when he said, "My feets is tired but my soul is rested"?
(a) Sister Pollard.
(b) Sister Bester.
(c) Betsy Johnson.
(d) Rosa Parks.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

2. Malcolm's comment on which assassination caused his break from the Nation of Islam?

3. What did Martin Luther King, Jr. believe was the "last major barrier to black freedom"?

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

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

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