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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 Cone say were the "outward signs of an inward transformation"? (Chapter 11)
(a) Traditional robings.
(b) Braiding and naturalism.
(c) Gospel and religious practice.
(d) Afros and dashikis.

2. 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) Fannie Lou Hammer.
(c) Ella Baker.
(d) Jo Ann Robinson.

3. What was the central theme for both King and Malcolm in the black freedom struggle? (Chapter 9)
(a) "Freedom from their chains."
(b) "Respect as human beings."
(c) "Honor in America."
(d) "Stopping the blood flow."

4. What march did King believe was the "final lap of a freedom march that had started in Montgomery ten years earlier"?
(a) The Washington, D.C. march.
(b) The Charleston march.
(c) The Alabama march.
(d) The Selma march.

5. Malcolm's comment on which assassination caused his break from the Nation of Islam?
(a) Kennedy's.
(b) Martin Luther King, Jr.'s.
(c) Patrice Lumumba's.
(d) Lincoln's.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who did Malcolm claim God had "raised up...as the one to warn white America" in many of his speeches?

3. How did Cone characterize the media's representations of the "black self" in the 1950s?

4. Who was the founder of the Nation of Islam?

5. Who did Malcolm believe was responsible for the conspiracy to oust him from the Black Muslim movement?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was King surprised to find out about urban youth's mindset regarding the civil rights movement following the signing of the Voting Rights Bill?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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