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

2. What faith shaped King's idea of God?
(a) The faith of the "black man in America".
(b) The faith of the "black experience".
(c) The faith of "humanity".
(d) The faith of "Christianity".

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

4. In which Los Angeles ghetto did 14,000 National Guardsmen arrive at to restore order in 1965?
(a) Pico-Union.
(b) Pacoima.
(c) Compton.
(d) Watts.

5. On what date did King make his first major speech to the nation?
(a) May 17, 1957.
(b) July 4, 1943.
(c) January 31, 1961.
(d) August 12, 1971.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Martin Luther King, Jr. quote when he said, "My feets is tired but my soul is rested"?

2. Who gave Malcolm the name "Malcolm X"?

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

4. What city was known as the "Cradle of the Confederacy"?

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

(see the answer key)

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