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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. What influenced Malcolm's "conception of the nightmare"?
(a) The abduction of African slaves.
(b) Slave narratives.
(c) W.E.B. DuBois.
(d) The judgement of God.

2. Who influenced Malcolm's receptiveness to socialism?
(a) Lewis Woodson.
(b) Kwame Nkrumah.
(c) Franz Fanon.
(d) Marcus Garvey.

3. What was the North described as during the "antebellum" period?
(a) White.
(b) Heaven.
(c) Eden.
(d) Canaan.

4. What "messiah" was Malcolm X portrayed as?
(a) "Messiah of indifference."
(b) "Messiah of blackness."
(c) "Messiah of power."
(d) "Messiah of hate."

5. Whom did the Introduction name as the most persuasive person in pointing out the hypocrisies of the Declaration of Independence?
(a) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(b) Richard Alen.
(c) Malcolm X.
(d) Frederick Douglass.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Cone say that the understanding of King's faith and theology began?

2. What city was known as the "Cradle of the Confederacy"?

3. According to Cone, what did Malcolm alienate in Chapter 6?

4. What was the "secret church of slaves" named?

5. On what date did Malcolm X give the speech that began, "No, I'm not an American"?

(see the answer key)

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