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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 word from "Down at the Cross" refers to people who engage in dishonest and fraudulent business dealings?
(a) Diffidents.
(b) Sheisters.
(c) Racketeers.
(d) Hucksters.

2. When did Charles Dickens die?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1899.
(d) 1870.

3. In "Down at the Cross," what does the author define as "the judges, the juries, the shotguns, the law"?
(a) "White society."
(b) "Legality."
(c) "Power."
(d) "Freedom."

4. What does the author claim the black man has functioned as in the white man's world in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) A fixed star.
(b) A feat to stand above.
(c) A token of inspiration.
(d) A slave.

5. How does the author describe his father's life in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) Bombastic.
(b) Impressive.
(c) Terrible.
(d) Ambitious.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the author describe the stock from which the letter recipient came in "My Dungeon Shook"?

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

3. The author states in the beginning of "Down at the Cross" that he believed that God and what were synonymous?

4. What does the author describe his ancestors building in "My Dungeon Shook"?

5. What does the word "assuage" from "Down at the Cross" mean?

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