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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who described Malcolm X as "the spokesman of bitter racism"?
(a) The New Yorker.
(b) The Washington Post.
(c) The Southern Reporter.
(d) The Chronicle.

2. What tradition did King's faith follow in Christianity?
(a) Black Baptist.
(b) Southern Baptist.
(c) Midwestern Baptist.
(d) Black Christian.

3. When was the infamous Hayes Compromise made?
(a) 1892.
(b) 1909.
(c) 1877.
(d) 1956.

4. What Senator was declared as an open racist in Chapter 3?
(a) Dixon.
(b) Moreland.
(c) Monroe.
(d) Eastland.

5. What city was known as the "Cradle of the Confederacy"?
(a) Carolina.
(b) Birmingham.
(c) Greenville.
(d) Montgomery.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s wife?

2. How many demands did the black community make of the Montgomery Bus company to stop the boycott?

3. Who did Malcolm X claim killed his father?

4. What "messiah" was Malcolm X portrayed as?

5. What was the "secret church of slaves" named?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Malcolm begin to become more political and less religious regarding his public speeches?

2. Discuss Malcolm's time at school.

3. Where and when did Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X first meet?

4. In accordance with the black freedom movement, what two tasks did King believe were necessary to speak to whites about?

5. How did Cone show Martin Luther King, Sr.'s mindset on what a boy and a man were?

6. To whom was Malcolm a speaker to the truth regarding black and white relations in America?

7. Why was the North considered "Canaan"?

8. What was the difference in the way that whites and blacks were addressed during Martin's youth?

9. Why did Malcolm have a problem with King's use of Christian values to help the black freedom movement progress forward?

10. According to Cone, what did the black middle class believe in?

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