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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. The author puts forth the Nation of Islam's belief that the white man's rule will be ended in how much time in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) 10-15 years.
(b) 100 years.
(c) 5-10 years.
(d) 50-60 years.

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

3. What does the author claim to act is to be in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) Complacent.
(b) Committed.
(c) Impertinent.
(d) Demanding.

4. What does the word "impertinent" mean in the context of "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) Uncomfortable or wary.
(b) Disrespectful or rude.
(c) Plausible.
(d) Inexcusable.

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

Short Answer 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"?

2. What does the author describe his ancestors picking in "My Dungeon Shook"?

3. The author asserts in "Down at the Cross," "The real reason that nonviolence is considered to be a virtue in Negroes--I am not speaking now of its racial value, another matter altogether--is that white men do not want" what?

4. What does the author claim to be the seeming "sum of our achievement" as humans, in "Down at the Cross"?

5. What word from "Down at the Cross" refers to a large area of unforested grassland in southeastern Europe or Siberia?

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