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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 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The funeral for James Baldwin's father was on the same day of James's birthday. How old was he turning on that day?
(a) 19.
(b) 16.
(c) 13.
(d) 22.

2. The authors writes in "Down at the Cross," "Yes, it does indeed mean something - something unspeakable - to be born, in a white country, and Anglo-Teutonic, antisexual country, black. You very soon, without knowing it, give up all hope of" what?
(a) "Redemption."
(b) "Communion."
(c) "Communication."
(d) "Inflation."

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

4. What qualities does the author claim Elijah Muhammad has invested in his followers in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) Pride and serenity.
(b) Peace and humility.
(c) Worry and doubt.
(d) Caution and fear.

5. When did E. Franklin Frazier help draft the UNESCO statement entitled The Race Question?
(a) 1946.
(b) 1950.
(c) 1947.
(d) 1945.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did the U.S. Supreme Court make a decision outlawing segregation in public schools?

2. W.E.B. Du Bois completed his graduate work at the University of Berlin and what U.S. college?

3. The author claims in his conclusion of "My Dungeon Shook" that "we can make America" what?

4. What statement does the author make about freedom in "Down at the Cross"?

5. In describing Elijah Muhammad in "Down at the Cross," the author notes, "The central quality in Elijah's face is" what?

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