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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1: The Making of a Dreamer (1929-55).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were the two "great resistance traditions in African-American history" that the meeting between Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. provided to the black freedom movement?
(a) Promise and freedom.
(b) Hope and vitality.
(c) Integrationism and nationalism.
(d) The American Dream and The American Nightmare.

2. In what year was Martin Luther King, Jr. born?
(a) 1907.
(b) 1943.
(c) 1929.
(d) 1964.

3. Complete the following statement made by King: "Men often __________ each other because they _________ each other".
(a) Despise / do not know.
(b) Love / care about.
(c) Attack / fear.
(d) Hate / fear.

4. The Introduction claim that "blacks are Americans," given that they arrived before whom?
(a) Indians.
(b) The French.
(c) Pilgrims.
(d) The English.

5. On what date did Malcolm X give the speech that began, "No, I'm not an American"?
(a) December 24, 1972.
(b) June 4, 1993.
(c) May 27, 1953.
(d) April 3, 1964.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nickname did Martin Luther King, Sr. have?

2. When was the NAACP founded?

3. In what year did Martin Delany write "The Condition, Elevation, Emigration, and Destiny of Colored People of the United States"?

4. On what date did Martin Luther King, Jr. give his famous "I Have A Dream" speech?

5. At what age was Martin Luther King, Jr.'s first experience with segregation?

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