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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7: Chickens Coming Home to Roost (1964-65).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the weekly column that Malcolm wrote for African-American newspapers?
(a) "The American Nightmare."
(b) "One Voice."
(c) "Of What I Stand For."
(d) "God's Angry Men."

2. How many years did Malcolm X spend with Elijah Muhammad and the Nation of Islam?
(a) 5.
(b) 8.
(c) 12.
(d) 16.

3. Complete the following statement made by King: "Men often __________ each other because they _________ each other".
(a) Attack / fear.
(b) Despise / do not know.
(c) Hate / fear.
(d) Love / care about.

4. To whom did Malcolm gravitate towards after being ostracized from the Nation of Islam?
(a) Robert F. Williams.
(b) Bobby Seale.
(c) Martin Delany.
(d) Martin Luther King, Jr.

5. What did the person who called King after a steering committee meeting threaten to do if King did not leave town in three days?
(a) Blow up King's church.
(b) Kill King's wife and daughter.
(c) Bomb King's next rally.
(d) Kill King and blow up his home.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was Malcolm X born?

2. What book in the Bible states, "We are all one in Christ"?

3. What did Malcolm call Martin Luther King, Jr. because of the whites naming him as the "leader of the blacks"?

4. In what year did Malcolm convert to Islam?

5. 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"?

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