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

2. What does the author say "changes, totally and forever, the nature of reality and brings into devastating question the true meaning of man's history" in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) "The ambition toward a freer world."
(b) "Hope itself."
(c) "The threat of universal exctinction."
(d) "The threat of social evolution."

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

4. How does the author describe the recipient's character in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) "Tough, dark, vulnerable, moody."
(b) "Reactionary, divisive, impulsive."
(c) "Calm, collected, at peace."
(d) "Kind, holy, and venerable."

5. How late was the author when he arrived for dinner at Elijah Muhammad's home?
(a) 30 minutes late.
(b) 45 minute late.
(c) 1 hour late.
(d) 15 minutes late.

Short Answer Questions

1. What caused the author's father's defeat in "My Dungeon Shook"?

2. The author writes in "Down at the Cross," "From my own point of view, the fact of the Third Reich alone makes obsolete forever any question of" what?

3. The author tells the letter recipient in "My Dungeon Shook," "Take no one's word for anything, including mine--but trust" what?

4. In describing his dinner at Elijah Muhammad's home, the author states, "I began to see that Elijah's power came from his" what?

5. What does the author describe school revealing itself to be to the black community passing through adolescence in "Down at the Cross"?

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