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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. About how old does the author describe the female pastor as being when he met her in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) 65-70.
(b) 55-60.
(c) 45-50.
(d) 25-30.

2. What word from "Down at the Cross" describes a change of the form or nature of a thing or person into a completely different one?
(a) Delineation.
(b) Exaltation.
(c) Propagation.
(d) Metamorphosis.

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

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

5. What word from "My Dungeon Shook" refers to the condition of being lower in status or quality than others?
(a) Inferiority.
(b) Complexity.
(c) Desolate.
(d) Integrity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from "My Dungeon Shook" refers to desire and determination to achieve success?

2. How old was the author when he describes having gone through a "prolonged religious crisis" in the beginning of "Down at the Cross"?

3. Where does the author describe the pimps and whores hanging out in Harlem in "Down at the Cross"?

4. What does the word "perish" mean in "My Dungeon Shook"?

5. The author says in "My Dungeon Shook," " There is no reason for you to try to become like" what?

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