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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. Who made the following statement: "If King loses, worse leaders are going to take his place"?
(a) Elijah Muhammad.
(b) Eisenhower.
(c) Malcolm.
(d) Kennedy.

2. What image did Cone claim created more harm than help in black churches? (Chapter 11)
(a) "A white history of religion."
(b) "A white Jesus."
(c) "A masculine and white ruled theology."
(d) "A white Bible."

3. What did Malcolm consider socialism to be an alternative for?
(a) Nationalism.
(b) Taoism.
(c) Marxism.
(d) Capitalism.

4. According to Cone, what did Malcolm alienate in Chapter 6?
(a) Faith.
(b) Christianity.
(c) America.
(d) Promise.

5. Who did Malcolm believe was responsible for the conspiracy to oust him from the Black Muslim movement?
(a) Chicago officials of the Black Muslim movement.
(b) Muhammad.
(c) The American government.
(d) Wallace-Elijah's son.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which U.S. President refused to put voting rights up to Congress after King asked him to?

2. What bill was passed on August 6, 1965?

3. What did the many who saw Malcolm as an advocate of violence and hate fail to acknowledge?

4. According to Cone, what limitation did King and Malcolm share in regard to being a problem with racism?

5. What did Cone say was a "danger that pervades the leadership expectations of the African-American community"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the "doctrine of doom of white America" based upon?

2. Why did Cone state that the break between Malcolm and Muhammad "could not be avoided"?

3. Why did Malcolm find that Elijah Muhammad's Nation of Islam was a more suitable faith then Christianity for him?

4. Unlike Malcolm, why did King believe in whites?

5. What limited both Malcolm and King from recognizing the connection between racism and sexism?

6. Although Malcolm did not finish the ninth grade, he valued education. Why did Malcolm value education?

7. How do Americans remember Martin Luther King, Jr. today?

8. Why did black men fail to question "The Moynihan Report" even though it offended them?

9. What did the imagery of the "bullet" and the "ballot" represent for Malcolm?

10. According to Cone, why was Malcolm's faith harder to understand and communicate to the majority of Americans?

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