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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who made the following statement found in Chapter 11: "Freedom is not free"?
(a) Malcolm X.
(b) George Washington.
(c) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(d) Abraham Lincoln.

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

4. 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 masculine and white ruled theology."
(d) "A white Bible."

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

6. What was the "most important similarity between Martin and Malcolm"?
(a) Their goal.
(b) Their honesty.
(c) Their history.
(d) Their honor.

7. Who made the following statement found in Chapter 10: "The Negro in this country...has never been able to be a man"?
(a) Elijah Muhammad.
(b) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(c) Malcolm.
(d) Abraham Lincoln.

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

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

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

11. For how many days did Muhammad silence Malcolm for his comments on the assassination that he had been forbidden to speak about?
(a) 365.
(b) 60.
(c) 90.
(d) 30.

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

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

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. What magazine's interview with Martin Luther King, Jr. seemed to speak to Martin's dismissal of Malcolm as a "significant, creative black leader"?
(a) "The Conservationist."
(b) "Time."
(c) "Playboy."
(d) "The New Yorker."

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Cone say were the "outward signs of an inward transformation"? (Chapter 11)

2. What television production portrayed the Black Muslims as a black nationalist hate group in 1959?

3. What two people's ideas did King infuse in regard to nonviolence and spirituality? (Chapter 9)

4. What was considered Malcolm's most repeated and controversial claim?

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

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