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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 were the two "great resistance traditions in African-American history" that the meeting between Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. provided to the black freedom movement?
(a) The American Dream and The American Nightmare.
(b) Promise and freedom.
(c) Integrationism and nationalism.
(d) Hope and vitality.

2. What governor was stated as a "camouflaged" racist in Chapter 3?
(a) Merriam.
(b) Rockefeller.
(c) Brown.
(d) Reagan.

3. What was the name of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s wife?
(a) Sybil.
(b) Martha.
(c) Bridget.
(d) Coretta.

4. In what year was Malcolm X born?
(a) 1918.
(b) 1925.
(c) 1938.
(d) 1945.

5. What "messiah" was Malcolm X portrayed as?
(a) "Messiah of hate."
(b) "Messiah of power."
(c) "Messiah of indifference."
(d) "Messiah of blackness."

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was Malcolm X paroled from Charlestown State Prison?

2. The Introduction claim that "blacks are Americans," given that they arrived before whom?

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"?

4. Who was considered the most effective missionary of the Nation of Islam?

5. What was Malcolm X's birth name?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the five objectives that King stated led to the redemption of blacks?

2. Why did Malcolm state, "While King was having a dream, the rest of us Negros are having a nightmare"?

3. What happened to Malcolm's parents during his youth?

4. What metaphor has always dominated by King's writings and speeches?

5. What did black leaders believe was necessary to gain "political and economic benefits"?

6. What were the problems associated with the media's portrayal of King and Malcolm as adversaries?

7. What did King believe was necessary for all people to be free in America?

8. What metaphor did King use to show the importance of "wholehearted work"?

9. Why did King realize the problem with black's self-respect?

10. How did Malcolm justify his stand that blacks should not integrate with whites?

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