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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. How does the author describe the stock from which the letter recipient came in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) "Sturdy, peasant stock."
(b) "Intelligent, handy stock."
(c) "Elegant stock."
(d) "Crafty and deceitful stock."
2. The author states in "Down at the Cross" that the "principles governing the rites and customs of the churches in which I grew up did not differ from the principles governing the rites and customs of other chuches, white. The principles were Blindness, Lonelines, and" what?
(a) "Sorrow."
(b) "Terror."
(c) "Faith."
(d) "Love."
3. In describing white liberal attitudes in "Down at the Cross," the author states that "they could deal with the Negro as a symbol or a victim but has no real sense of him as" what?
(a) "A master."
(b) "An intellect."
(c) "A man."
(d) "A political power."
4. What word from "My Dungeon Shook" refers to a firm upright support for a superstructure?
(a) Mast.
(b) Chattel.
(c) Pillar.
(d) Ballast.
5. How does the author describe himself as a baby in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) He was a big baby.
(b) He was a temperamental baby.
(c) He was a small baby.
(d) He was an angry baby.
Short Answer Questions
1. What word from "My Dungeon Shook" refers to the condition of being lower in status or quality than others?
2. When did Elijah Muhammad tell the author that the white man's time had been up, but that it had been the will of Allah that the black man be redeemed by his white masters?
3. What does the author claim to be the seeming "sum of our achievement" as humans, in "Down at the Cross"?
4. What word from "Down at the Cross" means something continuing without pause or interruption?
5. During what years did Elijah Muhammad lead the Nation of Islam?
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