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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. What author does the narrator describe beginning to read when he began losing his faith in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) Homer.
(b) Dostoevski.
(c) Nietzche.
(d) Kant.

2. 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?
(a) His mother's lynching.
(b) His mother's rape.
(c) His father's lynching.
(d) His uncle's execution.

3. What word from "My Dungeon Shook" refers to a firm upright support for a superstructure?
(a) Ballast.
(b) Pillar.
(c) Chattel.
(d) Mast.

4. What does the author describe his ancestors building in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) Cars.
(b) Factories.
(c) Railroads.
(d) Skyscrapers.

5. What does the word "assuage" from "Down at the Cross" mean?
(a) To placate.
(b) To satisfy.
(c) To deter.
(d) To reassure.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word used by the author in "Down at the Cross" means relentless or unstoppable?

2. The author tells the letter recipient in "My Dungeon Shook," "Take no one's word for anything, including mine--but trust" what?

3. The author writes to the letter recipient in "My Dungeon Shook," "You come from a long line of" what?

4. The author writes in "My Dungeon Shook," "You were born where you were born, and faced the future that you faced because" of what?

5. What qualities does the author claim Elijah Muhammad has invested in his followers in "Down at the Cross"?

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