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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. Senator Robert Byrd was a former member of what organization?
(a) The American Communist Party.
(b) The NAACP.
(c) The Ku Klux Klan.
(d) The American Labor Party.

2. The author states in the beginning of "Down at the Cross" that he believed that God and what were synonymous?
(a) Faith.
(b) Safety.
(c) Purity.
(d) Salvation.

3. What word used by the author in "Down at the Cross" means relentless or unstoppable?
(a) Irredeemable.
(b) Advanced.
(c) Cultivated.
(d) Implacable.

4. About how much money did George Lincoln Rockwell donate to the cause of the Nation of Islam?
(a) $20.
(b) $50.
(c) $10.
(d) $100.

5. When was Elijah Muhammad born?
(a) 1818.
(b) 1921.
(c) 1897.
(d) 1911.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from "Down at the Cross" refers to a thing that is hoped for but in fact is illusory or impossible to achieve?

2. When dd Elijah Muhammad die?

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

4. The author says of one of his ancestors in "My Dungeon Shook," "One of them said, the very time I thought I was lost, my dungeon shook and" what?

5. During what years did Elijah Muhammad lead the Nation of Islam?

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