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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4: I See a Nightmare (1952-63).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what age did Martin Luther King, Jr. attend Morehouse College?
(a) 17.
(b) 19.
(c) 18.
(d) 15.

2. Which U.S. President did King claim would not speak in major Southern cities?
(a) Kennedy.
(b) Ford.
(c) Eisenhower.
(d) Nixon.

3. What was the name of the English teacher who suggested that Malcolm work in carpentry and not law?
(a) Smythe.
(b) Ostrowski.
(c) DuBois.
(d) Mueller.

4. In what year did Martin Luther King, Jr. become pastor of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1946.
(c) 1954.
(d) 1971.

5. In what year did "sit-ins" become an action used by the civil rights movement?
(a) 1967.
(b) 1970.
(c) 1974.
(d) 1960.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was the Fugitive Slave Act passed?

2. What animal did Malcolm compare blacks to in Chapter 4?

3. How many children did Malcolm's mother raise on her own after her husband's death?

4. Who did Malcolm X claim killed his father?

5. How many objectives did King announce for the role of blacks in the movement?

(see the answer key)

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