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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8: Shattered Dreams (1965-68).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many days did the Montgomery bus boycott last?
(a) 436.
(b) 217.
(c) 198.
(d) 381.

2. What influenced Malcolm's "conception of the nightmare"?
(a) W.E.B. DuBois.
(b) The judgement of God.
(c) The abduction of African slaves.
(d) Slave narratives.

3. Whom did the Introduction name as the most persuasive person in pointing out the hypocrisies of the Declaration of Independence?
(a) Richard Alen.
(b) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(c) Frederick Douglass.
(d) Malcolm X.

4. How many demands did the black community make of the Montgomery Bus company to stop the boycott?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 8.
(d) 1.

5. According to Cone in Chapter 8, what separated King from Malcolm?
(a) Love.
(b) Pride.
(c) Understanding.
(d) Optimism.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Malcolm convert to Islam?

2. Where did Cone say that the understanding of King's faith and theology began?

3. What incident in 1957 brought Malcolm to the attention of the larger black community, especially in Harlem?

4. Which U.S. President refused to put voting rights up to Congress after King asked him to?

5. In what year did Martin Delany write "The Condition, Elevation, Emigration, and Destiny of Colored People of the United States"?

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