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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What did both Malcolm and his father share enthusiasm for according to "Home to Allah, Home to Blackness"?
(a) Marcus Garvey's "back to Africa" movement.
(b) A love for self.
(c) The Nation of Islam.
(d) The faith in God.

4. What did Malcolm consider socialism to be an alternative for?
(a) Nationalism.
(b) Capitalism.
(c) Taoism.
(d) Marxism.

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

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

7. 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 Slater King and Rev. Ben Gay.
(c) The names of the women arrested.
(d) The names of Rosa Parks and Malcom X.

8. What did Cone say African Americans needed instead of more churches? (Chapter 11)
(a) Pride.
(b) Honor.
(c) Love.
(d) Justice.

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

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

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

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

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

14. In which Los Angeles ghetto did 14,000 National Guardsmen arrive at to restore order in 1965?
(a) Compton.
(b) Watts.
(c) Pacoima.
(d) Pico-Union.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Cone, to whom was Malcolm's most important audience during his last year?

3. In what year was Martin Luther King, Jr. assassinated?

4. What bill was passed on August 6, 1965?

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

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