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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. When was E. Franklin Frazier elected as the first black president of the American Sociological Association?
(a) 1956.
(b) 1932.
(c) 1944.
(d) 1948.

2. The author claims of white people in "My Dungeon Shook," "They are, in effect, still trapped in a history which" what?
(a) "They do not understand."
(b) "They never wanted."
(c) "They cannot escape."
(d) "They created themselves."

3. The author claims in "Down at the Cross" that two things caused him to begin listening to the Muslim speakers. What was the first thing?
(a) The Police.
(b) The Presidential elections.
(c) World War II.
(d) The Vietnam War.

4. The author urges the letter recipient in "My Dungeon Shook" to "imagine how you would feel if you woke up one morning to find the sun shining and all the stars" what?
(a) "Black."
(b) "Aflame."
(c) "Fallen."
(d) "Gone."

5. When did the Tunisians rise up against the French, according to the author in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) 1956.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1919.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is quoted as having said "It is better to marry than to burn" in "Down at the Cross"?

2. The author writes in "My Dungeon Shook," "You were born into a society which spelled out with brutal clarity, and in as many ways as possible, that you were" what?

3. Where does the author claim he was when a bartender refused to serve him and some friends in "Down at the Cross"?

4. The author writes to the letter recipient in "My Dungeon Shook," "You come from a long line of" what?

5. What does the author describe feeling guilty about having in his pocket when he visited Elijah Muhammad in "Down at the Cross"?

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