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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. Of the letter recipient's father, the author says in "My Dungeon Shook," "Let him laugh and I see" what?
(a) "A long and dark tunnel into the fear that hides behind his soul."
(b) "A grain silo sitting at the edge of the desert for no reason."
(c) "A cellar your father does not remember and a house he does not remember."
(d) "A field of flowers and a vase of daisies."

2. 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 uncle's execution.
(d) His mother's lynching.

3. When did E. Franklin Frazier help draft the UNESCO statement entitled The Race Question?
(a) 1950.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1946.
(d) 1947.

4. Of the girls in Harlem going through adolescence, the author says in "Down at the Cross," "They understood that they must act as God's" what?
(a) "Watchmen."
(b) "Decoys."
(c) "Angels."
(d) "Love."

5. 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) 50-60 years.
(b) 10-15 years.
(c) 5-10 years.
(d) 100 years.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The author states in "Down at the Cross" that what "and heroism have been made synonymous except when it comes to blacks"?

3. The author writes in "Down at the Cross," "It was absolutely clear that the police would whip you and take you in as long as" what?

4. When was E. Franklin Frazier born?

5. What does the word "impertinent" mean in the context of "My Dungeon Shook"?

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