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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. After how many years of "verbal sparring" did Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X meet?
(a) 8.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

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

3. According to Cone, who was the only person to point out the "past and current injustices of American society in relation to its inhabitants of African descent"?
(a) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(b) Rosa Parks.
(c) Malcolm X.
(d) Abraham Lincoln.

4. From whose teachings did Martin Luther King, Jr. learn of successful nonviolent actions?
(a) John Stewert Mill.
(b) Gaius.
(c) Gandhi.
(d) Descartes.

5. According to Chapter 3, what did Cone say most people thought King centered his thoughts and actions upon?
(a) Pride.
(b) Unity.
(c) Love.
(d) Freedom.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was the Dred Scott Decision made?

2. What did the person who called King after a steering committee meeting threaten to do if King did not leave town in three days?

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. When did Martin Luther King, Jr. give his "Autobiography of Religious Development" sermon?

5. Which U.S. President did King claim would not speak in major Southern cities?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did the concept of unity mean to Malcolm?

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

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

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

6. What happened to King, at the age of six, concerning the "ugly manifestations of segregation"?

7. What was Malcolm's idea of justice?

8. Why was the North considered "Canaan"?

9. Why was Malcolm portrayed as a "messiah of hate"?

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

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