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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 wrote "And the Walls Came Tumbling Down"?
(a) Emily Masterson.
(b) W.E.B. DuBois.
(c) Elijah Muhammad.
(d) Ralph Abernathy.

2. Who influenced Malcolm's receptiveness to socialism?
(a) Franz Fanon.
(b) Lewis Woodson.
(c) Marcus Garvey.
(d) Kwame Nkrumah.

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

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

5. How did Malcolm publicly characterize the assassination that he had been forbidden to speak about?
(a) "The rage of blacks entering Stage One."
(b) "Chickens coming home to roost."
(c) "The wrath of God showing his face."
(d) "The tortoise beating the hare."

Short Answer Questions

1. To which biblical person was Malcolm X compared?

2. Who did Martin Luther King, Jr. quote when he said, "My feets is tired but my soul is rested"?

3. Malcolm's comment on which assassination caused his break from the Nation of Islam?

4. To what did Malcolm compare America's downfall in Chapter 6?

5. According to King, "Nobody could ride your back unless" it is what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What was the official reason that was issued regarding Malcolm's removal from the Nation of Islam?

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

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

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

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

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

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