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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. What incident in 1957 brought Malcolm to the attention of the larger black community, especially in Harlem?
(a) The Lyndon Johnson incident.
(b) The Hinton Johnson incident.
(c) The Jack Rosdale incident.
(d) The Montgomery Bus Boycott incident.

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

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

4. Where did Cone say that the understanding of King's faith and theology began?
(a) As a response to a hate crime conducted in the Supreme Court.
(b) During the Montgomery Bus crisis.
(c) During the creation of the ghettos.
(d) During the riots in New York.

5. According to King, "Nobody could ride your back unless" it is what?
(a) Tired.
(b) Broken.
(c) Harnessed.
(d) Bent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Malcolm claim that white man had done to blacks because of the "satanic nature of the white man"?

2. In what year did "sit-ins" become an action used by the civil rights movement?

3. To which biblical person was Martin Luther King, Jr. compared?

4. What was the name of the weekly column that Malcolm wrote for African-American newspapers?

5. What influenced Malcolm's "conception of the nightmare"?

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