View a FREE sample

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. The author puts forth the Nation of Islam's belief that the white man's rule will be ended in how much time in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) 10-15 years.
(b) 50-60 years.
(c) 100 years.
(d) 5-10 years.

2. The author writes to the letter recipient in "My Dungeon Shook," "You come from a long line of" what?
(a) "Poets."
(b) "Carpenters."
(c) "Slaves."
(d) "Teachers."

3. The author describes the birth of the letter recipient in "My Dungeon Shook," saying "here you were: to be loved. To be loved, baby, hard, at once, and forever, to strengthen you against" what?
(a) "The struggles you will face."
(b) "The madman."
(c) "The loveless world."
(d) "The world of evil."

4. 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) "Communion."
(b) "Inflation."
(c) "Redemption."
(d) "Communication."

5. The author claims that we owe the ministry of Elijah Muhammad to the fact that he witnessed what when he was five or six years old?
(a) His mother's rape.
(b) His father's lynching.
(c) His mother's lynching.
(d) His uncle's execution.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what day of the week does the author describe visiting Elijah Muhammad in "Down at the Cross"?

2. The author describes the recipient's face as being the same face of whom in "My Dungeon Shook"?

3. Whom does the author claim "no one has ever accused her of being bitter" in "My Dungeon Shook"?

4. Where did Charles Dickens live?

5. How does the author describe himself as a baby in "My Dungeon Shook"?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 312 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample