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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. What did Malcolm copy from to teach himself to read and write?
(a) The dictionary.
(b) Shakespeare's plays.
(c) The Bible.
(d) The Koran.

2. At what age did King join the Ebenezer Baptist Church?
(a) 16.
(b) 11.
(c) 13.
(d) 5.

3. In what year was Malcolm X paroled from Charlestown State Prison?
(a) 1947.
(b) 1961.
(c) 1952.
(d) 1943.

4. What nickname did Martin Luther King, Sr. have?
(a) Daddy Martin.
(b) Daddy King.
(c) Father King.
(d) Daddy Senior.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Malcolm call Martin Luther King, Jr. because of the whites naming him as the "leader of the blacks"?

2. What did Malcolm X claim he was first?

3. What was the North described as during the "antebellum" period?

4. In Chapter 5, what did Cone state that King was, rather than a "academic theologian"?

5. Who was considered the most effective missionary of the Nation of Islam?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What were the five objectives that King stated led to the redemption of blacks?

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

5. What are the two distinct religious traditions in the African-American community?

6. What meaning did the meeting between Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. have on the black freedom movement?

7. What metaphor did King use to show the importance of "wholehearted work"?

8. How did Malcolm justify his stand that blacks should not integrate with whites?

9. Discuss Malcolm's time at school.

10. Why did Malcolm state, "While King was having a dream, the rest of us Negros are having a nightmare"?

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