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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Peter Bailey call Malcolm X?
(a) "Prophet X."
(b) "Master Teacher."
(c) "Teacher X."
(d) "Father X."

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

4. What was the name of Malcolm X's wife?
(a) Beatrice.
(b) Betty.
(c) Ilyasah.
(d) Mary.

5. In what year did Martin Luther King, Jr. first visit Montgomery, Alabama?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1947.
(d) 1954.

6. How many children did Malcolm's mother raise on her own after her husband's death?
(a) 6.
(b) 11.
(c) 9.
(d) 8.

7. What incident in 1957 brought Malcolm to the attention of the larger black community, especially in Harlem?
(a) The Hinton Johnson incident.
(b) The Lyndon Johnson incident.
(c) The Jack Rosdale incident.
(d) The Montgomery Bus Boycott incident.

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

9. From whose teachings did Martin Luther King, Jr. learn of successful nonviolent actions?
(a) Descartes.
(b) John Stewert Mill.
(c) Gandhi.
(d) Gaius.

10. Whom did the Introduction claim was the greatest abolitionist since the founding of the republic?
(a) Frederick Douglass.
(b) Charlie Rose.
(c) Bruce Klunder.
(d) Robert Zellner.

11. What was Malcolm's nickname in prison?
(a) Satan.
(b) Cain.
(c) Pain.
(d) Judas.

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

13. In what year was Martin Luther King, Jr. born?
(a) 1964.
(b) 1929.
(c) 1943.
(d) 1907.

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

15. To which biblical person was Martin Luther King, Jr. compared?
(a) Abraham.
(b) Moses.
(c) Adam.
(d) Judas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nickname did Martin Luther King, Sr. have?

2. In what type of store did Martin Luther King, Jr. and his father experience racism together?

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

4. To whom did John Shabazz compare Malcolm X?

5. On what date did Martin Luther King, Jr. give his famous "I Have A Dream" speech?

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