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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the leader of the Montgomery bus boycott?
(a) Dexter Probst.
(b) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(c) Rosa Parks.
(d) Charlie Rose.

2. Who did Cone state could not "liberate black people from their misery"? (Conclusion)
(a) Charismatic leaders.
(b) Human beings.
(c) Malcolm and Martin.
(d) Whites.

3. What was considered Malcolm's most repeated and controversial claim?
(a) "White America will pay!"
(b) "White America lied!"
(c) "White America will fall!"
(d) "White America is doomed!"

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Cone, what did Malcolm alienate in Chapter 6?

2. What did Malcolm call the black leaders that accepted financial support from liberal whites?

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

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

5. According to Cone, what limitation did King and Malcolm share in regard to being a problem with racism?

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