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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 did Malcolm X claim killed his father?
(a) The Ku Klux Klan.
(b) The Black Legionnaires.
(c) America.
(d) The White Supremacists.

2. On what date did Malcolm X give the speech that began, "No, I'm not an American"?
(a) April 3, 1964.
(b) December 24, 1972.
(c) June 4, 1993.
(d) May 27, 1953.

3. What did Malcolm call the black leaders that accepted financial support from liberal whites?
(a) "Puppets."
(b) "Puppies."
(c) "Racists."
(d) "Slaves."

4. Who served as the "acting director" of the SCLC although most of the male preachers found she did not "exhibit the 'right attitude"?
(a) Ella Baker.
(b) Mary Fair Burks.
(c) Jo Ann Robinson.
(d) Fannie Lou Hammer.

5. Who was the founder of the Nation of Islam?
(a) Elijah Muhammad.
(b) Wallace D. Ford.
(c) Malcolm Little.
(d) Elijah Ford Little.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Introduction claim that "blacks are Americans," given that they arrived before whom?

2. Which U.S. President refused to put voting rights up to Congress after King asked him to?

3. Who gave Malcolm the name "Malcolm X"?

4. What did Martin Luther King, Jr. claim to be "first and foremost" in his 1961 "Redbook" interview?

5. Who was the author and civil rights activist that spoke of "twoness"?

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