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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. Of the girls in Harlem going through adolescence, the author says in "Down at the Cross," "They understood that they must act as God's" what?
(a) "Decoys."
(b) "Watchmen."
(c) "Angels."
(d) "Love."

2. What word from "Down at the Cross" means something continuing without pause or interruption?
(a) Exuberant.
(b) Petulant.
(c) Incessant.
(d) Explicit.

3. 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 father's lynching.
(b) His mother's lynching.
(c) His mother's rape.
(d) His uncle's execution.

4. As the author describes growing up in Harlem in "Down at the Cross," he says, "In the same way that the girls were destined to gain as much weight as their mothers, the boys, it was clear, would" what?
(a) "Fall even further from grace."
(b) "Become even lower than their fathers."
(c) "Rise no higher than their fathers."
(d) "Leave home and never return."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does the author describe as having stated that "the cry of 'violence' was not raised... when the Israelis fought to regain Israel, and, indeed, is raised only when black men indicate that they will fight for their rights"?

2. 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?

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

4. In describing his dinner at Elijah Muhammad's home, the author states, "I began to see that Elijah's power came from his" what?

5. The author states in "Down at the Cross" that what "and heroism have been made synonymous except when it comes to blacks"?

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