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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 tradition was Black Christianity associated with?
(a) Nationalism.
(b) Surfism.
(c) Marxism.
(d) Integrationalism.

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

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

4. What kind of resources did the use of white, liberal Protestant religion offer to King in regard to the movement?
(a) Faith-bound resources.
(b) Intellectual resources.
(c) Spiritual resources.
(d) Common Christian resources.

5. On what date did King make his first major speech to the nation?
(a) July 4, 1943.
(b) May 17, 1957.
(c) August 12, 1971.
(d) January 31, 1961.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did "sit-ins" become an action used by the civil rights movement?

2. From whose teachings did Martin Luther King, Jr. learn of successful nonviolent actions?

3. What incident in 1957 brought Malcolm to the attention of the larger black community, especially in Harlem?

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

5. In what year did Martin Luther King, Jr. first visit Montgomery, Alabama?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was the North considered "Canaan"?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What were the problems associated with Du Bois' theory of "twoness"?

8. What were the issues that nationalists faced?

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

10. What was Malcolm's idea of justice?

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