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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10: Nothing but Men.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who made the following statement: "But the danger is that white people use King"?
(a) Louis Farikan.
(b) Wallace-Elijah's son.
(c) Malcolm.
(d) Elijah Muhammad.

2. What names did King omit from his jailhouse diary regarding his arrest in Albany?
(a) The names of the women arrested.
(b) The names Dr. Anderson and Ralph Abernathy.
(c) The names of Rosa Parks and Malcom X.
(d) The names of Slater King and Rev. Ben Gay.

3. What animal did Malcolm compare blacks to in Chapter 4?
(a) Elephants.
(b) Lions.
(c) Tigers.
(d) Dogs.

4. When did Malcolm announce his break with the Nation of Islam?
(a) July 4, 1967.
(b) March 8, 1964.
(c) June 17, 1971.
(d) April 26, 1969.

5. In what year did Martin Luther King, Jr. become pastor of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church?
(a) 1954.
(b) 1971.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1946.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the weekly column that Malcolm wrote for African-American newspapers?

2. In what year was school segregation declared unconstitutional?

3. In which Los Angeles ghetto did 14,000 National Guardsmen arrive at to restore order in 1965?

4. What report claimed that the "black man was victimized more than black women" and the black man had to "step forward" while the black woman had to "step backward"?

5. What magazine's interview with Martin Luther King, Jr. seemed to speak to Martin's dismissal of Malcolm as a "significant, creative black leader"?

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