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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 old was the author when two police officers amused themselves with frisking him, according to the story in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) 16.
(b) 12.
(c) 10.
(d) 19.

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

3. 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?
(a) 1932.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1925.
(d) 1913.

4. In what periodical was "Down at the Cross" first published?
(a) Reader's Digest.
(b) Publisher's Weekly.
(c) Time.
(d) The New Yorker.

5. 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?
(a) Protagonist.
(b) Demagogue.
(c) Pedagogue.
(d) Antagonist.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the author describe female segregated restrooms in "Down at the Cross"?

2. The author writes in "My Dungeon Shook," "You were born into a society which spelled out with brutal clarity, and in as many ways as possible, that you were" what?

3. Where does the author describe listening to the Muslim speakers in "Down at the Cross"?

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

5. What does the author claim is the only thing to "cause any of those people to treat you as they presumably wanted to be treated" in "Down at the Cross"?

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