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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 found in Chapter 11: "The price of freedom is death"?
(a) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(b) Malcolm X.
(c) King George III.
(d) Edgar Allen Poe.

2. What did Cone claim was created for "the specific needs of blacks" in Chapter 6?
(a) The Nation of Islam.
(b) The CORE.
(c) The Southern Baptist faith.
(d) The NAACP.

3. Who did Malcolm claim God had "raised up...as the one to warn white America" in many of his speeches?
(a) Himself.
(b) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(c) Elijah Muhammad.
(d) The black initiative.

4. Who said, "Sometimes I have dared to dream"?
(a) Martin Luther King, Sr.
(b) Malcolm X.
(c) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(d) Gandhi.

5. How many years did Malcolm X spend with Elijah Muhammad and the Nation of Islam?
(a) 5.
(b) 8.
(c) 12.
(d) 16.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city did Martin Luther King, Jr. give his "Beyond Vietnam" speech?

2. Who influenced Malcolm's receptiveness to socialism?

3. According to Cone in Chapter 8, what separated King from Malcolm?

4. What did both Malcolm and his father share enthusiasm for according to "Home to Allah, Home to Blackness"?

5. What was the "most important similarity between Martin and Malcolm"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Cone state the difference between King and Malcolm was regarding their impact on recognizing them today?

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

4. What was the difference between Northern and Southern blacks?

5. Where did Malcolm derive his view of women?

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

7. According to Malcolm, what are the similarities between "integration" and "separation"?

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

9. What two books began black youth's movement away from nonviolent actions as the "weapon" for social change?

10. According to Malcolm, what problem did "color" have on the self-hate that most blacks held?

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