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

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

3. What did Malcolm claim that white man had done to blacks because of the "satanic nature of the white man"?
(a) Stripped them of their freedoms.
(b) Brainwashed them.
(c) Lied to them.
(d) Dehumanized them.

4. According to Chapter 3, what did Cone say most people thought King centered his thoughts and actions upon?
(a) Freedom.
(b) Pride.
(c) Love.
(d) Unity.

5. In what year did Martin Luther King, Jr. first visit Montgomery, Alabama?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1947.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1954.

Short Answer Questions

1. What tradition was Black Christianity associated with?

2. In what type of store did Martin Luther King, Jr. and his father experience racism together?

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

4. How many demands did the black community make of the Montgomery Bus company to stop the boycott?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In accordance with the black freedom movement, what two tasks did King believe were necessary to speak to whites about?

3. What was Malcolm's idea of justice?

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

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

6. Why was Malcolm portrayed as a "messiah of hate"?

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

8. What were the problems associated with the media's portrayal of King and Malcolm as adversaries?

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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