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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. According to Cone in Chapter 8, what separated King from Malcolm?
(a) Love.
(b) Optimism.
(c) Pride.
(d) Understanding.

2. What did Henry X, the Black Muslim minister, say that Malcolm had abandoned to become a "political sociologist"?
(a) Honor.
(b) The movement.
(c) Religion.
(d) Faith.

3. Who did Martin Luther King, Jr. quote when he said, "My feets is tired but my soul is rested"?
(a) Sister Bester.
(b) Sister Pollard.
(c) Betsy Johnson.
(d) Rosa Parks.

4. 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.

5. For how many days did Muhammad silence Malcolm for his comments on the assassination that he had been forbidden to speak about?
(a) 365.
(b) 90.
(c) 30.
(d) 60.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Cone say was a "danger that pervades the leadership expectations of the African-American community"?

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

3. What was the nickname for the infamous March 7th attack at the Edmund Pettus Bridge?

4. How many people marched on Washington, D.C. on August 28th?

5. What did Malcolm compare himself to when he spoke of his sinking to "the very bottom of the American white man's society"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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