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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name is Malcolm given in Dakar?

2. How does Malcolm get away with entering a bar in the Negro Section of Lansing?

3. Who is the one-eyed preacher?

4. Why is Malcolm not at the Lancing High School dance?

5. What method does Baldwin use to show flashbacks to Malcolm's early life?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Klan's warning to Louise?

2. What dramatic technique does Baldwin use to set up the background of the movie?

3. Where did Alex Baldwin get the material to write the scenario?

4. What is the scene where the character of Laura is introduced?

5. What image does the sight of a blonde woman crossing the street arouse in Malcolm?

6. What are the two religious books where Malcolm's name is written?

7. When the radio announces that Malcolm X will speak at the Audubon Ballroom, what does the viewer learn?

8. What does Malcolm muse about as he thinks about his past?

9. What is the opening sequence in the screenplay?

10. What comes out to explain Louise's fair complexion?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay of two or more typed, double-spaced pages on Things That Can Change Personal Views. Pick three areas such as (1) a religious experience, (2) a near death experience, or (3) a wartime experience and write an essay on events that can change a person dramatically.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay of two or more typed, double-spaced pages on Prejudice. Using the Movement as an example and the early militancy of Malcolm, discuss how prejudice causes people to make wrong decisions, not to listen to opposing ideas, and generalizations that are transferred wrongly onto individuals.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay of two or more typed, double spaced pages on How Terrorist Klan Activity Affected Malcolm X. In the essay refer to the threats and eventually burning of his family home gave Malcolm his first impressions of surviving in a white world. Include the murder of his father and the lame excuses the insurance company gave for not honoring Earl's policy. Conclude by speculating how such violence can only be expected to breed hatred and fear.

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