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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 religious affiliation was Malcolm X aligned with?
(a) Muslim Nationalist.
(b) Buddhist Nationalist.
(c) Marxist Fascist.
(d) Christian Imperialist.

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

3. In what grade did Malcolm X's education end?
(a) 11th.
(b) 8th.
(c) 5th.
(d) 6th.

4. 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) The American Dream and The American Nightmare.
(b) Hope and vitality.
(c) Integrationism and nationalism.
(d) Promise and freedom.

5. In what year did Martin Delany write "The Condition, Elevation, Emigration, and Destiny of Colored People of the United States"?
(a) 1909.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1976.
(d) 1852.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom did the Introduction claim was the greatest abolitionist since the founding of the republic?

2. Complete the following statement made by King: "Men often __________ each other because they _________ each other".

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

4. What was Malcolm X's birth name?

5. According to Cone, who was the only person to point out the "past and current injustices of American society in relation to its inhabitants of African descent"?

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