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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. Who gave Malcolm the name "Malcolm X"?
(a) Louis Farrakhan.
(b) Warith Deen Muhammad.
(c) Elijah Muhammad.
(d) Wallace Fard Muhammad.

2. To which biblical person was Malcolm X compared?
(a) John.
(b) Judas.
(c) Peter.
(d) Aaron.

3. On what date did Malcolm X give the speech that began, "No, I'm not an American"?
(a) June 4, 1993.
(b) April 3, 1964.
(c) May 27, 1953.
(d) December 24, 1972.

4. What was the "secret church of slaves" named?
(a) "The NAACP."
(b) "The Sacred."
(c) "Invisible instutition."
(d) "The Nation."

5. What did Martin Luther King, Jr. claim to be "first and foremost" in his 1961 "Redbook" interview?
(a) A man.
(b) A black.
(c) A minister.
(d) An activist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the 15-year-old high school student arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger before Rosa Parks did so?

2. What did Peter Bailey call Malcolm X?

3. In what year was Malcolm X paroled from Charlestown State Prison?

4. Who described Malcolm X as "the spokesman of bitter racism"?

5. What was the South described as during the "antebellum" period?

(see the answer key)

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