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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. How did Malcolm publicly characterize the assassination that he had been forbidden to speak about?
(a) "The wrath of God showing his face."
(b) "The rage of blacks entering Stage One."
(c) "The tortoise beating the hare."
(d) "Chickens coming home to roost."

2. What was considered Malcolm's most repeated and controversial claim?
(a) "White America lied!"
(b) "White America will pay!"
(c) "White America is doomed!"
(d) "White America will fall!"

3. During his June 1954 address in Harlem, what did Malcolm claim that the "white man" has brainwashed "us black people" to look upon?
(a) "A racist Jesus."
(b) "An idol that the black community could not identify with."
(c) "A blondhaired, blue-eyed Jesus."
(d) "A white Jesus."

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

5. Who made the following statement found in Chapter 10: "The Negro in this country...has never been able to be a man"?
(a) Elijah Muhammad.
(b) Malcolm.
(c) Abraham Lincoln.
(d) Martin Luther King, Jr.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Cone, who should blacks whom are proud of their African heritage thank? (Chapter 11)

2. How many people marched on Washington, D.C. on August 28th?

3. Who wrote "And the Walls Came Tumbling Down"?

4. According to Cone, to whom was Malcolm's most important audience during his last year?

5. After the 1965 riots in the Los Angeles ghetto, how many "Americas" did Martin Luther King, Jr. come to realize there were?

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. How did King respond to watching Malcolm on television?

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

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

5. Why did black men fail to question "The Moynihan Report" even though it offended them?

6. According to Cone, why was Malcolm's faith harder to understand and communicate to the majority of Americans?

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

8. Where did Malcolm derive his view of women?

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

10. What limited both Malcolm and King from recognizing the connection between racism and sexism?

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