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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12: Conclusion.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Malcolm publicly characterize the assassination that he had been forbidden to speak about?
(a) "The rage of blacks entering Stage One."
(b) "The tortoise beating the hare."
(c) "The wrath of God showing his face."
(d) "Chickens coming home to roost."

2. What did Malcolm compare himself to when he spoke of his sinking to "the very bottom of the American white man's society"?
(a) A slug.
(b) A lion.
(c) A hyena.
(d) A vulture.

3. What was the South described as during the "antebellum" period?
(a) Hell.
(b) Backwards.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Uneducated.

4. How many people marched on Washington, D.C. on August 28th?
(a) 175,000.
(b) 90,000.
(c) 500,000.
(d) 250,000.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What faith shaped King's idea of God?

2. What did Malcolm X claim he was first?

3. What did Malcolm consider socialism to be an alternative for?

4. For how many days did Muhammad silence Malcolm for his comments on the assassination that he had been forbidden to speak about?

5. What did Malcolm claim was "seventh heaven" in Chapter 2?

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