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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. How does the author conclude his letter in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) "I love you, dear James, and I send my love to the family."
(b) "I will see you on the morrow."
(c) "God bless you, James, and Godspeed."
(d) "I hope that you will forgive me."

2. What word from "Down at the Cross" means impossible to stop or prevent?
(a) Plausible.
(b) Inexcusable.
(c) Deplorable.
(d) Inexorable.

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

4. What does the author describe his ancestors building in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) Skyscrapers.
(b) Cars.
(c) Factories.
(d) Railroads.

5. The author asserts in "Down at the Cross" that "a civilization is not destroyed by wicked people; it is not necessary that people be wicked but only that they be" what?
(a) "Spineless."
(b) "Ignorant."
(c) "Scared."
(d) "Isolated."

Short Answer Questions

1. The author says in "My Dungeon Shook," " There is no reason for you to try to become like" what?

2. What does the author say "changes, totally and forever, the nature of reality and brings into devastating question the true meaning of man's history" in "Down at the Cross"?

3. Where does the author describe listening to the Muslim speakers in "Down at the Cross"?

4. How old was the author when he describes an encounter where a policeman made a racial slur as he passed in Manhattan in "Down at the Cross"?

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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