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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 made the following statement found in Chapter 10: "You don't have to be a man to fight for freedom. All you have to do is be an intelligent human being"?
(a) John Stuart Mill.
(b) Malcolm.
(c) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(d) W.E.B. DuBois.

2. What was the "most important similarity between Martin and Malcolm"?
(a) Their history.
(b) Their goal.
(c) Their honesty.
(d) Their honor.

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

4. What did Malcolm call the black leaders that accepted financial support from liberal whites?
(a) "Slaves."
(b) "Puppies."
(c) "Puppets."
(d) "Racists."

5. According to Malcolm in an address to African-Americans, "All of us are black first" and what second?
(a) Human beings.
(b) American.
(c) Everything else.
(d) Men.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who made the following statement: "But the danger is that white people use King"?

2. Where did Malcolm claim his view of women came from? (Chapter 10)

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

4. In what city did Martin Luther King, Jr. give his "Beyond Vietnam" speech?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What was the difference between Northern and Southern blacks?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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