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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 writes in "Down at the Cross," "It was absolutely clear that the police would whip you and take you in as long as" what?
(a) "They could get away with it."
(b) "You were hiding something."
(c) "You were guilty."
(d) "You were not one of them."

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?
(a) "A master."
(b) "A man."
(c) "A political power."
(d) "An intellect."

3. The author claims in "My Dungeon Shook" that "the danger, in the minds of most white Americans, is" what?
(a) "The loss of faith."
(b) "The loss of identity."
(c) "The loss of power."
(d) "The loss of money."

4. 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) Propagation.
(b) Exaltation.
(c) Metamorphosis.
(d) Delineation.

5. What word from "My Dungeon Shook" refers to a firm upright support for a superstructure?
(a) Chattel.
(b) Pillar.
(c) Mast.
(d) Ballast.

Short Answer Questions

1. About how old does the author describe the female pastor as being when he met her in "Down at the Cross"?

2. When was the Nation of Islam founded?

3. What author does the narrator describe beginning to read when he began losing his faith in "Down at the Cross"?

4. The author claims in his conclusion of "My Dungeon Shook" that the country is celebrating one hundred years of freedom when?

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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