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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 sounded silly for a tall man
Because he hated his father
It was a slave name
2. Nickname he gained for his striking hair color
Chicago Blue
Omaha Blond
Boston Gray
Detroit Red
3. Where did he join the Nation of Islam?
in the Korean War
in prison
in Morocco, where he went as a tourist
Malcolm served six years for larceny and breaking and entering.
4. Leader of that movement and Malcolm's mentor
Rashad Khalifa
Elijah Muhammad
Louis Farrakhan
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
Women should be treated as animals
Its leader was the son of God
6. Which celebrity did he convince to become a Muslim?
Muhammad Ali
Aretha Franklin
Sidney Poitier
Ali was born as Cassius Clay.
7. What significance did his pilgrimage to Mecca (1964) have?
It further radicalized him; he called for the deaths of unbelievers
He proclaimed himself a new prophet after completion
Feeling solidarity with Muslims of all colors, he renounced black supremacy
8. What was his relationship with Martin Luther King?
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
They were close friends
Malcolm apparently thought MLK was a stooge for the white establishment.
9. How did he react to John F. Kennedy's assassination?
He himself was assassinated only two days before JFK
He was deeply upset
By implying that Kennedy had had it coming
10. Actor who played him in a 1992 movie
Wesley Snipes
Laurence Fishburne
Forest Whitaker
Denzel Washington
11. Director of that movie
John Singleton
Antoine Fuqua
Spike Lee
12. Writer who co-authered "The Autobiography of Malcolm X"
Alex Haley
Toni Morrison
James Baldwin
13. Who was, in all likelihood, behind Malcolm's assassination?
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
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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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).