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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3: I Have a Dream (1955-64).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did Martin Luther King, Jr. become pastor of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church?
(a) 1954.
(b) 1971.
(c) 1946.
(d) 1962.

2. Who did Malcolm X claim killed his father?
(a) America.
(b) The Ku Klux Klan.
(c) The Black Legionnaires.
(d) The White Supremacists.

3. On what date did Martin Luther King, Jr. give his famous "I Have A Dream" speech?
(a) October 26, 1975.
(b) July 1, 1984.
(c) September 14, 1954.
(d) August 28, 1963.

4. When was the infamous Hayes Compromise made?
(a) 1909.
(b) 1956.
(c) 1892.
(d) 1877.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many demands did the black community make of the Montgomery Bus company to stop the boycott?

2. What was the South described as during the "antebellum" period?

3. How tall was Malcolm X?

4. At what age did Martin Luther King, Jr. attend Morehouse College?

5. What did Malcolm copy from to teach himself to read and write?

(see the answer key)

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