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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. In what city did Martin Luther King, Jr. give his "Beyond Vietnam" speech?
(a) Birmingham.
(b) Montgomery.
(c) New York.
(d) Washington, D.C.

2. What did Malcolm compare himself to when he spoke of his sinking to "the very bottom of the American white man's society"?
(a) A lion.
(b) A vulture.
(c) A slug.
(d) A hyena.

3. What did Cone say African Americans needed instead of more churches? (Chapter 11)
(a) Pride.
(b) Honor.
(c) Justice.
(d) Love.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which U.S. President refused to put voting rights up to Congress after King asked him to?

3. What two people's ideas did King infuse in regard to nonviolence and spirituality? (Chapter 9)

4. What report claimed that the "black man was victimized more than black women" and the black man had to "step forward" while the black woman had to "step backward"?

5. What was the central theme for both King and Malcolm in the black freedom struggle? (Chapter 9)

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Where did Malcolm derive his view of women?

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

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

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

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