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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 animal did Malcolm compare blacks to in Chapter 4?
(a) Tigers.
(b) Lions.
(c) Elephants.
(d) Dogs.

2. What title did Muhammad bestow on Malcolm in 1963?
(a) "Commander."
(b) "Messenger."
(c) "Prophet."
(d) "National Minister."

3. Who described Malcolm X as "the spokesman of bitter racism"?
(a) The Chronicle.
(b) The Southern Reporter.
(c) The Washington Post.
(d) The New Yorker.

4. When did Malcolm announce his break with the Nation of Islam?
(a) July 4, 1967.
(b) April 26, 1969.
(c) June 17, 1971.
(d) March 8, 1964.

5. What three themes shaped King's faith and theology?
(a) Love, balance, and pride.
(b) Justice, fear, and power.
(c) Hope, justice, and love.
(d) Pride, Chrisitanity, and hope.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 5, what did Cone state that King was, rather than a "academic theologian"?

2. What did Malcolm X claim that the "black masses living at the bottom of the social heap" were living?

3. Who gave Malcolm the name "Malcolm X"?

4. At what age did King join the Ebenezer Baptist Church?

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

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