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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. Where does the author claim he was when a bartender refused to serve him and some friends in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) The J.F.K. airport.
(b) The La Guardia airport.
(c) The Sam Houston Airport.
(d) The Chicago O'Hare airport.

2. In "Down at the Cross," the author describes the adolescent changes that the girls undergo, saying that they no longer tease the boys but do what to them instead?
(a) Interrogate them.
(b) Step on them.
(c) Reprimand them.
(d) Flirt with them.

3. What word from "Down at the Cross" means something continuing without pause or interruption?
(a) Petulant.
(b) Incessant.
(c) Explicit.
(d) Exuberant.

4. What does the author refer to as "the crime of which I accuse my country" in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) "They refuse to accept the truth of the black man's superiority."
(b) "They have turned their backs on the people they needed the most."
(c) "They have destroyed and are destroying hundreds of thousands of lives."
(d) "They have isolated themselves and taken strides to keep themselves as such."

5. In describing his dinner at Elijah Muhammad's home, the author states, "I began to see that Elijah's power came from his" what?
(a) "Single-mindedness."
(b) "Ability to create a sense of calm."
(c) "Ambition."
(d) "Articulation and sense of logic."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author describe as the subject of the Nation of Islam speeches he observed on the streets in "Down at the Cross"?

2. Charles Dickens is regarded as the greatest novelist of what era?

3. What U.S. President issued the Emancipation Proclamation?

4. When did Charles Dickens die?

5. When did the Tunisians rise up against the French, according to the author in "Down at the Cross"?

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