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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4: I See a Nightmare (1952-63).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What city was known as the "Cradle of the Confederacy"?
(a) Birmingham.
(b) Montgomery.
(c) Carolina.
(d) Greenville.

3. What did Malcolm claim that white man had done to blacks because of the "satanic nature of the white man"?
(a) Stripped them of their freedoms.
(b) Brainwashed them.
(c) Lied to them.
(d) Dehumanized them.

4. What need did King address in his speech, "Prayer Pilgrimage"?
(a) The need for courage.
(b) The need for power.
(c) The need for equlity.
(d) The need for leadership.

5. Who was the author and civil rights activist that spoke of "twoness"?
(a) W.E.B. DuBois.
(b) Dorothy Height.
(c) John O. Killens.
(d) James Meredith.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Malcolm copy from to teach himself to read and write?

2. How many demands did the black community make of the Montgomery Bus company to stop the boycott?

3. On what date did Martin Luther King, Jr. give his famous "I Have A Dream" speech?

4. According to Cone, who did blacks in the ghettos turn to for hope?

5. Who was considered the most effective missionary of the Nation of Islam?

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