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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. What word from "Down at the Cross" refers to a thing that is hoped for but in fact is illusory or impossible to achieve?
(a) Promenade.
(b) Irony.
(c) Chimera.
(d) Allusion.

2. The author states in his conclusion of "My Dungeon Shook," "We cannot be free until" what?
(a) "We are educated."
(b) "They are dead."
(c) "We are one."
(d) "They are free."

3. What does the author assert about life in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) "Life is a mystery."
(b) "Life is a struggle."
(c) "Life is tragic."
(d) "Life is all there is."

4. Who is quoted as having said "It is better to marry than to burn" in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) St. Peter.
(b) St. George.
(c) St. Andrew.
(d) St. Paul.

5. What fraction of the population of the U.S. was made up of African Americans at the time when the author wrote "Down at the Cross"?
(a) 1/9th.
(b) 1/3rd.
(c) 1/5th.
(d) 1/10th.

Short Answer Questions

1. About how much money did George Lincoln Rockwell donate to the cause of the Nation of Islam?

2. How does the author describe the recipient's character in "My Dungeon Shook"?

3. When dd Elijah Muhammad die?

4. The author writes in "Down at the Cross" that "the social treatment accorded even the most successful Negroes proved that one needed, in order to be free, something more than a bank account. One needed" what?

5. What word from"Down at the Cross" means characterized by refusal or compromise to abandon an extreme position or attitude?

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