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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many people marched on Washington, D.C. on August 28th?
(a) 90,000.
(b) 175,000.
(c) 500,000.
(d) 250,000.

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

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

4. 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.

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

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

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

8. To which biblical person was Malcolm X compared?
(a) Peter.
(b) Judas.
(c) Aaron.
(d) John.

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

10. According to Malcolm, whose job was "passing on black cultural traditions to the children"?
(a) The neighborhood's.
(b) Society's.
(c) Women's.
(d) Men's.

11. 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) "Time."
(b) "The New Yorker."
(c) "The Conservationist."
(d) "Playboy."

12. What did Cone say were the "outward signs of an inward transformation"? (Chapter 11)
(a) Afros and dashikis.
(b) Gospel and religious practice.
(c) Braiding and naturalism.
(d) Traditional robings.

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

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Malcolm in an address to African-Americans, "All of us are black first" and what second?

2. What march did King believe was the "final lap of a freedom march that had started in Montgomery ten years earlier"?

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

4. 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"?

5. What did Cone say was a "danger that pervades the leadership expectations of the African-American community"?

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