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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 Martin Luther King, Jr. believe was the "last major barrier to black freedom"?
(a) Ignorance.
(b) Acceptance by the whole of America.
(c) Denial of suffrage.
(d) Multiculturalism.

2. In what year was Martin Luther King, Jr. assassinated?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1968.
(c) 1961.
(d) 1970.

3. According to Cone, who should blacks whom are proud of their African heritage thank? (Chapter 11)
(a) Marcus Mosiah Garvey.
(b) W.E.B. DuBois.
(c) Malcolm X.
(d) Anthony Davis.

4. What influenced Malcolm's "conception of the nightmare"?
(a) W.E.B. DuBois.
(b) The abduction of African slaves.
(c) The judgement of God.
(d) Slave narratives.

5. When did Malcolm announce his break with the Nation of Islam?
(a) June 17, 1971.
(b) March 8, 1964.
(c) April 26, 1969.
(d) July 4, 1967.

Short Answer Questions

1. During his June 1954 address in Harlem, what did Malcolm claim that the "white man" has brainwashed "us black people" to look upon?

2. To whom did Malcolm gravitate towards after being ostracized from the Nation of Islam?

3. What names did King omit from his jailhouse diary regarding his arrest in Albany?

4. What did blacks believe having faith in would deliver them from the KKK and other white hate groups?

5. What did Malcolm compare himself to when he spoke of his sinking to "the very bottom of the American white man's society"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did King respond to watching Malcolm on television?

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

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

4. What was King surprised to find out about urban youth's mindset regarding the civil rights movement following the signing of the Voting Rights Bill?

5. According to Cone, how did King proclaim and live the American dream?

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

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

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

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

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

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