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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Cone, what limitation did King and Malcolm share in regard to being a problem with racism?
(a) Lack of recognizing the importance of history.
(b) Lack of recognizing sexism.
(c) Lack of recognizing ageism.
(d) Lack of recognizing multiculturalism.

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

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

4. Where did Malcolm claim his view of women came from? (Chapter 10)
(a) His mother.
(b) Society.
(c) The Bible.
(d) The Nation of Islam.

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

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

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

8. What influenced Malcolm's "conception of the nightmare"?
(a) W.E.B. DuBois.
(b) The judgement of God.
(c) The abduction of African slaves.
(d) Slave narratives.

9. In what city did Martin Luther King, Jr. give his "Beyond Vietnam" speech?
(a) Montgomery.
(b) New York.
(c) Birmingham.
(d) Washington, D.C.

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

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

12. 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."

13. 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) Suanters.
(b) Mathers.
(c) De'Leka.
(d) Moynihan.

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

15. What bill was passed on August 6, 1965?
(a) The Equal Rights Bill.
(b) The Voting Rights Bill.
(c) The Equal Protection Bill.
(d) Jim Crow Bills.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who made the following statement: "Yes, I am personally the victim of deferred dreams, of blasted hopes"?

2. What names did King omit from his jailhouse diary regarding his arrest in Albany?

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

5. Who said, "Sometimes I have dared to dream"?

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