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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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| First submitted | January 7, 2020 |
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1.
Why did Malcolm come to reject his last name, Little?
Because he hated his father
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It sounded silly for a tall man
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It was a slave name
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2.
Nickname he gained for his striking hair color
Chicago Blue
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Omaha Blond
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Detroit Red
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Boston Gray
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Where did he join the Nation of Islam?
in the Korean War
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in Morocco, where he went as a tourist
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in prison
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Malcolm served six years for larceny and breaking and entering.
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Leader of that movement and Malcolm's mentor
Elijah Muhammad
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Louis Farrakhan
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Rashad Khalifa
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What was one of the teachings of the Nation of Islam, which Malcolm broke with in 1964?
Women should be treated as animals
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Its leader was the son of God
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Blacks are the original people of the world, and whites are inferior
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6.
Which celebrity did he convince to become a Muslim?
Sidney Poitier
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Muhammad Ali
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Aretha Franklin
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Ali was born as Cassius Clay.
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What significance did his pilgrimage to Mecca (1964) have?
He proclaimed himself a new prophet after completion
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It further radicalized him; he called for the deaths of unbelievers
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Feeling solidarity with Muslims of all colors, he renounced black supremacy
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What was his relationship with Martin Luther King?
They were close friends
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They had an intense rivalry over influence over the black community
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They didn't have much to do with each other and only met once
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Malcolm apparently thought MLK was a stooge for the white establishment.
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How did he react to John F. Kennedy's assassination?
By implying that Kennedy had had it coming
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He was deeply upset
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He himself was assassinated only two days before JFK
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10.
Actor who played him in a 1992 movie
Laurence Fishburne
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Denzel Washington
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Wesley Snipes
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Forest Whitaker
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Director of that movie
John Singleton
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Antoine Fuqua
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Spike Lee
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12.
Writer who co-authered "The Autobiography of Malcolm X"
Alex Haley
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James Baldwin
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Toni Morrison
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13.
Who was, in all likelihood, behind Malcolm's assassination?
the FBI, which regarded him as a Communist
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the Nation of Islam, which saw him as a traitor
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the Black Legion, a white supremacist movement
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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.
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tshalla
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Level 75
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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