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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. Why does Malcolm think Shorty wants to set him up with a particular woman?

2. What rule does Mrs. Swerlin say she got from her father and that she lives by?

3. How does Archie outfit Malcolm with new clothes?

4. What famous historical figure do Malcolm and Shorty talk about on Boston Commons?

5. What is the first terrifying image from Malcolm's childhood?

Short Essay Questions

1. What stands in the way of Malcolm's marrying Laura?

2. What is the opening sequence in the screenplay?

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

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

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

6. Who does Louise Little, Malcolm's mother, have to confront in the back yard of her house?

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

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

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

10. After his father is murdered and his mother placed in an asylum, what happens to Malcolm?

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 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 2

Write an essay of two or more typed, double-spaced pages on Charisma. Begin your essay with Mrs. Swerlin's explanation that people like to be around Malcolm and the reasons she gives. Move to the early days within the movement and why many people followed Malcolm as a militant leader. Conclude with how Malcolm's charisma did not overcome the resentment of his followers after he changed his attitude toward people of other elasticities.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay of two or more typed, double-spaced pages on How I Believe Democracy works. Using Malcolm as an example of someone profiting from the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America, discuss how it is possible for many people to have opposing views in a democracy. Describe other regimes where such a privilege is not possible.

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