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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. During his June 1954 address in Harlem, what did Malcolm claim that the "white man" has brainwashed "us black people" to look upon?
(a) "An idol that the black community could not identify with."
(b) "A blondhaired, blue-eyed Jesus."
(c) "A white Jesus."
(d) "A racist Jesus."

4. Who made the following statement: "Yes, I am personally the victim of deferred dreams, of blasted hopes"?
(a) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(b) Malcolm X.
(c) Rosa Parks.
(d) Elijah Muhammad.

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

6. According to Malcolm in an address to African-Americans, "All of us are black first" and what second?
(a) Men.
(b) Everything else.
(c) American.
(d) Human beings.

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

8. What was considered Malcolm's most repeated and controversial claim?
(a) "White America lied!"
(b) "White America will pay!"
(c) "White America will fall!"
(d) "White America is doomed!"

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

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

11. To what did Malcolm compare America's downfall in Chapter 6?
(a) The end of slavery.
(b) Egypt.
(c) Lincoln's death.
(d) Atlantis.

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

13. What did Henry X, the Black Muslim minister, say that Malcolm had abandoned to become a "political sociologist"?
(a) Faith.
(b) Honor.
(c) The movement.
(d) Religion.

14. Malcolm taught the "true Islamic faith", one upheld by Eastern Islamic teachings. To whom did he make it applicable?
(a) Black Americans.
(b) Westernized Islamics.
(c) Eastern blacks.
(d) American black men.

15. 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) 365.
(c) 60.
(d) 90.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the founder of the Nation of Islam?

2. What was the "most important similarity between Martin and Malcolm"?

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

4. Who made the following statement: "If King loses, worse leaders are going to take his place"?

5. Who said, "I am for truth, no matter who tells it"?

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