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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 need did King address in his speech, "Prayer Pilgrimage"?
(a) The need for courage.
(b) The need for leadership.
(c) The need for equlity.
(d) The need for power.

2. How tall was Martin Luther King, Jr.?
(a) Five feet eleven inches.
(b) Six feet three inches.
(c) Six feet four inches.
(d) Five feet eight inches.

3. According to Cone, who did blacks in the ghettos turn to for hope?
(a) Jesus.
(b) Elijah Muhammad.
(c) Malcolm X.
(d) Martin Luther King, Jr.

4. Complete the following statement made by King: "Men often __________ each other because they _________ each other".
(a) Hate / fear.
(b) Despise / do not know.
(c) Love / care about.
(d) Attack / fear.

5. On what date did Malcolm X give the speech that began, "No, I'm not an American"?
(a) April 3, 1964.
(b) June 4, 1993.
(c) May 27, 1953.
(d) December 24, 1972.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was the Fugitive Slave Act passed?

2. What nickname did Martin Luther King, Sr. have?

3. Who was the author and civil rights activist that spoke of "twoness"?

4. What tradition did King's faith follow in Christianity?

5. What magazine called Malcolm X "an unashamed demagogue"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did King believe was necessary for all people to be free in America?

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

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

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

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

6. What did the concept of unity mean to Malcolm?

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

8. Discuss Malcolm's youth.

9. What happened to King, at the age of six, concerning the "ugly manifestations of segregation"?

10. How are the two distinct religious traditions in African-American communities linked?

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