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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 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?
(a) Margie Mathers.
(b) Deborah Miller.
(c) Claudette Colvin.
(d) Trunda Blase.

2. What nickname did Martin Luther King, Sr. have?
(a) Daddy Senior.
(b) Daddy Martin.
(c) Father King.
(d) Daddy King.

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

4. Whom did the Introduction claim was the greatest abolitionist since the founding of the republic?
(a) Robert Zellner.
(b) Bruce Klunder.
(c) Charlie Rose.
(d) Frederick Douglass.

5. How many children did Malcolm's mother raise on her own after her husband's death?
(a) 6.
(b) 8.
(c) 11.
(d) 9.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what date did Malcolm X give the speech that began, "No, I'm not an American"?

2. 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"?

3. In what year did Malcolm convert to Islam?

4. Whom did the Introduction name as the most persuasive person in pointing out the hypocrisies of the Declaration of Independence?

5. What did Malcolm claim was "seventh heaven" in Chapter 2?

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