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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Down At The Cross: Letter from a Region of My Mind" – Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word from "Down at the Cross" refers to people who engage in dishonest and fraudulent business dealings?
(a) Sheisters.
(b) Hucksters.
(c) Racketeers.
(d) Diffidents.

2. On what day of the week does the author describe visiting Elijah Muhammad in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) Thursday.
(b) Friday.
(c) Sunday.
(d) Monday.

3. After the confrontation at the bar, the author says that one of his companions, a Korean War veteran, said that the bar had been the white man's fight too. How did the white man respond?
(a) "I lost my conscience a long time ago."
(b) "I don't care about the war."
(c) "You don't fight my fights for me."
(d) "I thank you for your service, Sir."

4. Where does the author describe the pimps and whores hanging out in Harlem in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) Broad St.
(b) The Avenue.
(c) Broadway.
(d) Delancey.

5. What does the word "unassailable" mean in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) Unable to be dissuaded.
(b) Unable to be devoured.
(c) Unable to be attacked or defeated.
(d) Capable of logic and enterprise.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author writes to the letter recipient in "My Dungeon Shook," "You come from a long line of" what?

2. What does the word "perish" mean in "My Dungeon Shook"?

3. What word used by the author in "Down at the Cross" means relentless or unstoppable?

4. The author writes in "Down at the Cross," "From my own point of view, the fact of the Third Reich alone makes obsolete forever any question of" what?

5. How does the author describe the stock from which the letter recipient came in "My Dungeon Shook"?

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