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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 Malcolm claim people needed in order to "go[ing] anywhere in this world"?
(a) Faith.
(b) Education.
(c) Equality.
(d) Power.

2. What two people's ideas did King infuse in regard to nonviolence and spirituality? (Chapter 9)
(a) Orville and Gandhi.
(b) Martin Luther King, Sr. and Mills.
(c) DuBois and Jesus.
(d) Gandhi and Thoreau.

3. What title did Muhammad bestow on Malcolm in 1963?
(a) "Prophet."
(b) "National Minister."
(c) "Commander."
(d) "Messenger."

4. What did the many who saw Malcolm as an advocate of violence and hate fail to acknowledge?
(a) His power and importance.
(b) His biblically based teachings.
(c) His loyalty to America.
(d) His religious commitment.

5. What was the central theme for both King and Malcolm in the black freedom struggle? (Chapter 9)
(a) "Respect as human beings."
(b) "Stopping the blood flow."
(c) "Freedom from their chains."
(d) "Honor in America."

Short Answer Questions

1. To which biblical person was Malcolm X compared?

2. What television production portrayed the Black Muslims as a black nationalist hate group in 1959?

3. Who made the following statement found in Chapter 11: "Freedom is not free"?

4. Who made the following statement found in Chapter 10: "The Negro in this country...has never been able to be a man"?

5. How did Cone characterize the media's representations of the "black self" in the 1950s?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where did Malcolm derive his view of women?

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

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

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

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

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

8. What was Malcolm's "The Ballot or the Bullet" speech an initial attempt for him to do?

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

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

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