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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 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was the author when he describes an encounter where a policeman made a racial slur as he passed in Manhattan in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) 16.
(b) 10.
(c) 13.
(d) 19.

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

3. The author says in "My Dungeon Shook," that "if you've loved anybody that long, first as an infant, then as a child, then as a man, you gain a strange perspective on" what?
(a) "Family and the meaning of life."
(b) "That there is fear everywhere."
(c) "Time and human pain and effort."
(d) "A sense of love, peace, and justice."

4. How does the author sign off in his letter in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) "Your uncle, James."
(b) "Your son, James."
(c) "Your father."
(d) "Your brother, James."

5. Whom does the author describe as having stated that "the cry of 'violence' was not raised... when the Israelis fought to regain Israel, and, indeed, is raised only when black men indicate that they will fight for their rights"?
(a) Malcolm X.
(b) Louis Farrakhan.
(c) Wallace Fard Muhammad.
(d) Elijah Muhammad.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the word "impertinent" mean in the context of "My Dungeon Shook"?

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

3. What does the word "bulwark" mean in "Down at the Cross"?

4. The author claims in "My Dungeon Shook" that "the danger, in the minds of most white Americans, is" what?

5. How much of a man did the U.S. Constitution once declare blacks to be?

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