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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. In what war does the author describe many of his friends enlisting in the service to fight in the beginning of "Down at the Cross"?
(a) World War II.
(b) The Korean War.
(c) World War I.
(d) The Vietnam War.

2. The author tells the letter recipient in "My Dungeon Shook," "Take no one's word for anything, including mine--but trust" what?
(a) "Your experience."
(b) "Your soul."
(c) "Your instincts."
(d) "Your intelligence."

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

4. What does the word "unassailable" mean in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) Capable of logic and enterprise.
(b) Unable to be attacked or defeated.
(c) Unable to be devoured.
(d) Unable to be dissuaded.

5. The author indicates in "My Dungeon Shook" that "people find it very difficult to act on" what?
(a) "Intuition."
(b) "What they know."
(c) "Faith."
(d) "What they've forgotten."

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. What word from "Down at the Cross" refers to a political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular desires and prejudices rather than by using rational argument?

3. What does the author claim the black man has functioned as in the white man's world in "My Dungeon Shook"?

4. What color clothing does the author describe the women wearing at Elijah Muhammad's home in "Down at the Cross"?

5. The author states in "Down at the Cross," "White people hold the power, which means that they are" what?

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