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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 political power."
(b) "An intellect."
(c) "A master."
(d) "A man."

2. What does the author describe feeling guilty about having in his pocket when he visited Elijah Muhammad in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) A tape recorder.
(b) A notepad.
(c) A flask of whiskey.
(d) Cigarettes.

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

4. The author asserts in "Down at the Cross," "The real reason that nonviolence is considered to be a virtue in Negroes--I am not speaking now of its racial value, another matter altogether--is that white men do not want" what?
(a) "To listen to history."
(b) "To actually pay heed to the voices of others."
(c) "To look themselves in the mirror and to know who they truly are."
(d) "Their lives, their self-image, or their property threatened."

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

6. When did Rudyard Kipling live?
(a) 1899-1959.
(b) 1802-1880.
(c) 1865-1936.
(d) 1798-1856.

7. What does the author say "changes, totally and forever, the nature of reality and brings into devastating question the true meaning of man's history" in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) "The ambition toward a freer world."
(b) "The threat of universal exctinction."
(c) "Hope itself."
(d) "The threat of social evolution."

8. When dd Elijah Muhammad die?
(a) 1975.
(b) 1969.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1980.

9. What kind of athletic career does the author describe pursuing but not succeeding at in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) Prize-fighting.
(b) Football.
(c) Baseball.
(d) Basketball.

10. How late was the author when he arrived for dinner at Elijah Muhammad's home?
(a) 15 minutes late.
(b) 45 minute late.
(c) 30 minutes late.
(d) 1 hour late.

11. When was the Nation of Islam founded?
(a) July 4, 1936.
(b) July 4, 1961.
(c) July 4, 1940.
(d) July 4, 1930.

12. The author states in the beginning of "Down at the Cross" that he believed that God and what were synonymous?
(a) Salvation.
(b) Safety.
(c) Faith.
(d) Purity.

13. The author claims in "Down at the Cross" that two things caused him to begin listening to the Muslim speakers. What was the first thing?
(a) The Presidential elections.
(b) The Police.
(c) The Vietnam War.
(d) World War II.

14. The author states in "Down at the Cross" that what "and heroism have been made synonymous except when it comes to blacks"?
(a) "Love."
(b) "Strength."
(c) "Violence."
(d) "Power."

15. What word from "Down at the Cross" means impossible to stop or prevent?
(a) Inexcusable.
(b) Deplorable.
(c) Inexorable.
(d) Plausible.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author claims that we owe the ministry of Elijah Muhammad to the fact that he witnessed what when he was five or six years old?

2. The author claims in "Down at the Cross" that two things caused him to begin listening to the Muslim speakers. What was the second thing?

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

4. On what day of the week does the author describe visiting Elijah Muhammad in "Down at the Cross"?

5. The author writes in "Down at the Cross," "It was absolutely clear that the police would whip you and take you in as long as" what?

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