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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. The Introduction claim that "blacks are Americans," given that they arrived before whom?
(a) Indians.
(b) The English.
(c) The French.
(d) Pilgrims.

2. What did Peter Bailey call Malcolm X?
(a) "Teacher X."
(b) "Prophet X."
(c) "Master Teacher."
(d) "Father X."

3. What did Malcolm claim was "seventh heaven" in Chapter 2?
(a) New York City.
(b) Roxbury.
(c) Montgomery.
(d) Harlem.

4. Whom did the Introduction claim was the greatest abolitionist since the founding of the republic?
(a) Robert Zellner.
(b) Frederick Douglass.
(c) Bruce Klunder.
(d) Charlie Rose.

5. What religious affiliation was Martin Luther King, Jr. aligned with?
(a) Christian Integrationist.
(b) Buddist Imperialist.
(c) Marxist.
(d) Muslim Nationalist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the South described as during the "antebellum" period?

2. From where did Martin Luther King, Jr. derive the expression the "American Dream"?

3. In what year did Malcolm convert to Islam?

4. In what grade did Malcolm X's education end?

5. Who was the leader of the Montgomery bus boycott?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What happened to Malcolm's parents during his youth?

5. Why did King realize the problem with black's self-respect?

6. What did black leaders believe was necessary to gain "political and economic benefits"?

7. What three factors formed the context for King's idea of the "American Dream"?

8. What was Malcolm's idea of justice?

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

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

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