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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 served as the "acting director" of the SCLC although most of the male preachers found she did not "exhibit the 'right attitude"?
(a) Mary Fair Burks.
(b) Jo Ann Robinson.
(c) Ella Baker.
(d) Fannie Lou Hammer.

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

3. What bill was passed on August 6, 1965?
(a) Jim Crow Bills.
(b) The Equal Protection Bill.
(c) The Voting Rights Bill.
(d) The Equal Rights Bill.

4. What was the nickname for the infamous March 7th attack at the Edmund Pettus Bridge?
(a) "The Un-Holy Sabbath."
(b) "Bridge of Blood-day."
(c) "America's Truth."
(d) "Bloody Sunday."

5. Who said, "I am for truth, no matter who tells it"?
(a) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(b) Elijah Muhammad.
(c) Louis Farikan.
(d) Malcolm X.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did both Malcolm and his father share enthusiasm for according to "Home to Allah, Home to Blackness"?

3. What did blacks believe having faith in would deliver them from the KKK and other white hate groups?

4. Who made the following statement found in Chapter 11: "The price of freedom is death"?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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