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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) Power.
(b) Education.
(c) Faith.
(d) Equality.

2. To what did Malcolm compare America's downfall in Chapter 6?
(a) Lincoln's death.
(b) Egypt.
(c) The end of slavery.
(d) Atlantis.

3. What television production portrayed the Black Muslims as a black nationalist hate group in 1959?
(a) "The Hate That Hate Produced."
(b) "The Weather Underground Documentary."
(c) "Stormfront."
(d) "A Twisted Definition of Hate."

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

5. How did Cone characterize the media's representations of the "black self" in the 1950s?
(a) Meaningless.
(b) Negative.
(c) Narrow.
(d) Demeaning.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was considered Malcolm's most repeated and controversial claim?

2. According to Malcolm in an address to African-Americans, "All of us are black first" and what second?

3. Who served as the "acting director" of the SCLC although most of the male preachers found she did not "exhibit the 'right attitude"?

4. What image did Cone claim created more harm than help in black churches? (Chapter 11)

5. How many years did Malcolm X spend with Elijah Muhammad and the Nation of Islam?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did Malcolm derive his view of women?

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

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

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

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

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

7. According to Malcolm, what problem did "color" have on the self-hate that most blacks held?

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

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

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

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