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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 equlity.
(b) The need for power.
(c) The need for courage.
(d) The need for leadership.

2. In what year was the Dred Scott Decision made?
(a) 1902.
(b) 1890.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1857.

3. What magazine called Malcolm X "an unashamed demagogue"?
(a) The Washington Times.
(b) Newsweek.
(c) The New Yorker.
(d) Time.

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

5. What did Martin Luther King, Jr. claim to be "first and foremost" in his 1961 "Redbook" interview?
(a) A minister.
(b) An activist.
(c) A man.
(d) A black.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many objectives did King announce for the role of blacks in the movement?

2. What was the name of the English teacher who suggested that Malcolm work in carpentry and not law?

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

4. When was the infamous Hayes Compromise made?

5. What three themes shaped King's faith and theology?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the issues that nationalists faced?

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

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

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

5. Discuss Malcolm's time at school.

6. Why was the North considered "Canaan"?

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

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

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

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

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