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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. In what year was Malcolm X born?
(a) 1938.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1925.
(d) 1918.

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

3. What German term did King use to refer to his belief that "the universe is under the control of a loving purpose, and that in the struggle for righteousness [we have] cosmic companionship"?
(a) Hermeneutics.
(b) Zeitgeist.
(c) Marxism.
(d) Nietzschism.

4. What magazine called Malcolm X "an unashamed demagogue"?
(a) The New Yorker.
(b) Newsweek.
(c) The Washington Times.
(d) Time.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Martin Luther King, Jr. give his "Autobiography of Religious Development" sermon?

2. What Senator was declared as an open racist in Chapter 3?

3. What was considered Malcolm's most repeated and controversial claim?

4. What incident in 1957 brought Malcolm to the attention of the larger black community, especially in Harlem?

5. On what date did Malcolm X give the speech that began, "No, I'm not an American"?

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