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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In what year did Malcolm convert to Islam?
(a) 1957.
(b) 1948.
(c) 1954.
(d) 1961.
2. When was the NAACP founded?
(a) 1947.
(b) 1909.
(c) 1932.
(d) 1967.
3. What German term did King use to refer to his belief that "the universe is under the control of a loving purpose, and that in the struggle for righteousness [we have] cosmic companionship"?
(a) Marxism.
(b) Hermeneutics.
(c) Nietzschism.
(d) Zeitgeist.
4. What was the name of the 15-year-old high school student arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger before Rosa Parks did so?
(a) Margie Mathers.
(b) Trunda Blase.
(c) Claudette Colvin.
(d) Deborah Miller.
5. From whose teachings did Martin Luther King, Jr. learn of successful nonviolent actions?
(a) John Stewert Mill.
(b) Gaius.
(c) Descartes.
(d) Gandhi.
6. In what year was Malcolm X paroled from Charlestown State Prison?
(a) 1947.
(b) 1943.
(c) 1961.
(d) 1952.
7. What faith shaped King's idea of God?
(a) The faith of the "black man in America".
(b) The faith of "Christianity".
(c) The faith of "humanity".
(d) The faith of the "black experience".
8. What "messiah" was Malcolm X portrayed as?
(a) "Messiah of indifference."
(b) "Messiah of hate."
(c) "Messiah of power."
(d) "Messiah of blackness."
9. How many days did the Montgomery bus boycott last?
(a) 198.
(b) 217.
(c) 436.
(d) 381.
10. To which biblical person was Martin Luther King, Jr. compared?
(a) Abraham.
(b) Moses.
(c) Judas.
(d) Adam.
11. What was the South described as during the "antebellum" period?
(a) Hell.
(b) Backwards.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Uneducated.
12. In what year was Malcolm X born?
(a) 1938.
(b) 1918.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1925.
13. What was the North described as during the "antebellum" period?
(a) White.
(b) Eden.
(c) Canaan.
(d) Heaven.
14. What religious affiliation was Malcolm X aligned with?
(a) Muslim Nationalist.
(b) Christian Imperialist.
(c) Marxist Fascist.
(d) Buddhist Nationalist.
15. According to Cone, who did blacks in the ghettos turn to for hope?
(a) Elijah Muhammad.
(b) Jesus.
(c) Malcolm X.
(d) Martin Luther King, Jr.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who was Malcolm's focus audience when he spoke?
2. On what date did Martin Luther King, Jr. give his famous "I Have A Dream" speech?
3. What church was King's father a minister of?
4. In what grade did Malcolm X's education end?
5. What did Malcolm X claim he was first?
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