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Malcolm X Quiz
How much do you know about civil rights and Muslim activist Malcolm X (1925-1965)?
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Last updated: January 7, 2020
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1. Why did Malcolm come to reject his last name, Little?
It was a slave name
It sounded silly for a tall man
Because he hated his father
2. Nickname he gained for his striking hair color
Chicago Blue
Detroit Red
Omaha Blond
Boston Gray
3. Where did he join the Nation of Islam?
Malcolm served six years for larceny and breaking and entering.
in Morocco, where he went as a tourist
in the Korean War
in prison
4. Leader of that movement and Malcolm's mentor
Louis Farrakhan
Elijah Muhammad
Rashad Khalifa
5. What was one of the teachings of the Nation of Islam, which Malcolm broke with in 1964?
Blacks are the original people of the world, and whites are inferior
Its leader was the son of God
Women should be treated as animals
6. Which celebrity did he convince to become a Muslim?
Ali was born as Cassius Clay.
Sidney Poitier
Muhammad Ali
Aretha Franklin
7. What significance did his pilgrimage to Mecca (1964) have?
Feeling solidarity with Muslims of all colors, he renounced black supremacy
He proclaimed himself a new prophet after completion
It further radicalized him; he called for the deaths of unbelievers
8. What was his relationship with Martin Luther King?
Malcolm apparently thought MLK was a stooge for the white establishment.
They were close friends
They had an intense rivalry over influence over the black community
They didn't have much to do with each other and only met once
9. How did he react to John F. Kennedy's assassination?
By implying that Kennedy had had it coming
He was deeply upset
He himself was assassinated only two days before JFK
10. Actor who played him in a 1992 movie
Wesley Snipes
Laurence Fishburne
Forest Whitaker
Denzel Washington
11. Director of that movie
Antoine Fuqua
John Singleton
Spike Lee
12. Writer who co-authered "The Autobiography of Malcolm X"
Alex Haley
James Baldwin
Toni Morrison
13. Who was, in all likelihood, behind Malcolm's assassination?
The Nation of Islam had made several attempts on his life before. The FBI had been observing him for years. His mother accused the Black Legion of killing Malcolm's father.
the FBI, which regarded him as a Communist
the Nation of Islam, which saw him as a traitor
the Black Legion, a white supremacist movement
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1 Comments
tshalla
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Level 78
Mar 11, 2023
Thanks for this interesting quiz. A couple of points: you are correct about the impact of hajj, but I'd argue that this entailed a radicalization. Radical refers (properly, at least) to getting ever closer to the root of whatever issue. As such, I think you could make a strong case that Malcolm X's privileging of class/race analysis at the expense of some elements of Black nationalism did that. Second, I think that the options for the question about his relationship with MLK are too tough. They did have a rivalry over influence; and they hardly had anything directly to do with each other; and they did come much closer together (philosophically) in the last year of Malcolm X's life (the famous photo of the two together, interestingly though, occurred in the month before he left for hajj).
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