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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. In what year did Martin Luther King, Jr. first visit Montgomery, Alabama?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1947.
(c) 1954.
(d) 1965.

2. What did Malcolm claim was "seventh heaven" in Chapter 2?
(a) Harlem.
(b) Roxbury.
(c) New York City.
(d) Montgomery.

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

4. When was the infamous Hayes Compromise made?
(a) 1956.
(b) 1877.
(c) 1892.
(d) 1909.

5. When was the NAACP founded?
(a) 1947.
(b) 1967.
(c) 1932.
(d) 1909.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What "messiah" was Malcolm X portrayed as?

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

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

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

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