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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: The Making of a Bad Nigger (1925-52).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What book in the Bible states, "We are all one in Christ"?
(a) Psalms.
(b) Matthew.
(c) Peter.
(d) Galations.

2. On what date did Martin Luther King, Jr. give his famous "I Have A Dream" speech?
(a) August 28, 1963.
(b) July 1, 1984.
(c) September 14, 1954.
(d) October 26, 1975.

3. After how many years of "verbal sparring" did Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X meet?
(a) 8.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

4. What "messiah" was Malcolm X portrayed as?
(a) "Messiah of power."
(b) "Messiah of hate."
(c) "Messiah of indifference."
(d) "Messiah of blackness."

5. How tall was Malcolm X?
(a) Six feet nine inches.
(b) Five feet ten inches.
(c) Six feet three inches.
(d) Five feet four inches.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Malcolm X's birth name?

2. 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?

3. What was the name of the 15-year-old high school student arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger before Rosa Parks did so?

4. To whom did John Shabazz compare Malcolm X?

5. What magazine called Malcolm X "an unashamed demagogue"?

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