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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. From whose teachings did Martin Luther King, Jr. learn of successful nonviolent actions?
(a) Gandhi.
(b) Descartes.
(c) Gaius.
(d) John Stewert Mill.

2. What soda company used King's use of dreaming in their advertising?
(a) Coca-Cola.
(b) Royal Cola.
(c) Tab.
(d) Pepsi.

3. What did Malcolm copy from to teach himself to read and write?
(a) Shakespeare's plays.
(b) The Koran.
(c) The dictionary.
(d) The Bible.

4. At what age did Martin Luther King, Jr. attend Morehouse College?
(a) 15.
(b) 17.
(c) 19.
(d) 18.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After how many years of "verbal sparring" did Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X meet?

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

3. Who described Malcolm X as "the spokesman of bitter racism"?

4. Who was the author and civil rights activist that spoke of "twoness"?

5. In what year was Martin Luther King, Jr. born?

(see the answer key)

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