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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. Malcolm's comment on which assassination caused his break from the Nation of Islam?
(a) Kennedy's.
(b) Martin Luther King, Jr.'s.
(c) Patrice Lumumba's.
(d) Lincoln's.

2. Where did Malcolm claim his view of women came from? (Chapter 10)
(a) The Nation of Islam.
(b) The Bible.
(c) Society.
(d) His mother.

3. Who was the founder of the Nation of Islam?
(a) Elijah Muhammad.
(b) Elijah Ford Little.
(c) Wallace D. Ford.
(d) Malcolm Little.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people marched on Washington, D.C. on August 28th?

2. According to Cone, to whom was Malcolm's most important audience during his last year?

3. Malcolm taught the "true Islamic faith", one upheld by Eastern Islamic teachings. To whom did he make it applicable?

4. What did Henry X, the Black Muslim minister, say that Malcolm had abandoned to become a "political sociologist"?

5. Who said, "Sometimes I have dared to dream"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Malcolm find it necessary to address Third World nations regarding civil inequalities?

3. Why did Malcolm feel that Christian values and beliefs were a contradiction to the faith itself?

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

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

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

7. What did Cone decide was the greatest limitation for both King and Malcolm?

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

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

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

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