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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 "My Dungeon Shook" refers to extremely cruel and brutal behavior?
(a) Apprehension.
(b) Integrity.
(c) Inhumanity.
(d) Diligence.

2. How does the author respond when asked by the female pastor, "Whose little boy are you?"
(a) "God's."
(b) "Allah's."
(c) "Why, yours."
(d) "David Baldwin's."

3. Whom does the author describe as having stated that "the cry of 'violence' was not raised... when the Israelis fought to regain Israel, and, indeed, is raised only when black men indicate that they will fight for their rights"?
(a) Wallace Fard Muhammad.
(b) Elijah Muhammad.
(c) Malcolm X.
(d) Louis Farrakhan.

4. In what periodical was "Down at the Cross" first published?
(a) Reader's Digest.
(b) The New Yorker.
(c) Time.
(d) Publisher's Weekly.

5. How old was the author when he describes having gone through a "prolonged religious crisis" in the beginning of "Down at the Cross"?
(a) 19.
(b) 14.
(c) 21.
(d) 10.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Rudyard Kipling live?

2. How old was the author when two police officers amused themselves with frisking him, according to the story in "Down at the Cross"?

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

4. The author writes in "My Dungeon Shook," "The details and symbols of your life have been deliberately constructed to make you believe" what?

5. How does the author describe female segregated restrooms in "Down at the Cross"?

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