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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 image did Cone claim created more harm than help in black churches? (Chapter 11)
(a) "A white Jesus."
(b) "A masculine and white ruled theology."
(c) "A white history of religion."
(d) "A white Bible."

2. What did Cone say African Americans needed instead of more churches? (Chapter 11)
(a) Love.
(b) Pride.
(c) Honor.
(d) Justice.

3. Who wrote "And the Walls Came Tumbling Down"?
(a) Elijah Muhammad.
(b) Emily Masterson.
(c) Ralph Abernathy.
(d) W.E.B. DuBois.

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

5. Who made the following statement found in Chapter 11: "Freedom is not free"?
(a) George Washington.
(b) Abraham Lincoln.
(c) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(d) Malcolm X.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Which U.S. President refused to put voting rights up to Congress after King asked him to?

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

5. What leaders did King find more interest in regarding their influence on the change of world politics? (Chapter 9)

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did Malcolm derive his view of women?

2. How did King respond to watching Malcolm on television?

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

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

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

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

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

8. What did Cone decide was the greatest limitation for both King and Malcolm?

9. Why did Cone state that the break between Malcolm and Muhammad "could not be avoided"?

10. Although Malcolm did not finish the ninth grade, he valued education. Why did Malcolm value education?

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