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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9: Two Roads to Freedom.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What need did King address in his speech, "Prayer Pilgrimage"?
(a) The need for leadership.
(b) The need for power.
(c) The need for courage.
(d) The need for equlity.

2. What did Malcolm compare himself to when he spoke of his sinking to "the very bottom of the American white man's society"?
(a) A hyena.
(b) A slug.
(c) A lion.
(d) A vulture.

3. What magazine's interview with Martin Luther King, Jr. seemed to speak to Martin's dismissal of Malcolm as a "significant, creative black leader"?
(a) "Time."
(b) "The New Yorker."
(c) "The Conservationist."
(d) "Playboy."

4. What was the "most important similarity between Martin and Malcolm"?
(a) Their history.
(b) Their honor.
(c) Their honesty.
(d) Their goal.

5. In front of which U.S. President did Martin Luther King, Jr. first speak about the "American Dream"?
(a) Nixon.
(b) Johnson.
(c) Ford.
(d) Roosevelt.

Short Answer Questions

1. To which biblical person was Malcolm X compared?

2. What television production portrayed the Black Muslims as a black nationalist hate group in 1959?

3. What was King's favorite image used to show the importance of being the best in your profession?

4. Who was the founder of the Nation of Islam?

5. Who did Malcolm claim God had "raised up...as the one to warn white America" in many of his speeches?

(see the answer key)

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