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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. After the confrontation at the bar, the author says that one of his companions, a Korean War veteran, said that the bar had been the white man's fight too. How did the white man respond?
(a) "I don't care about the war."
(b) "I thank you for your service, Sir."
(c) "I lost my conscience a long time ago."
(d) "You don't fight my fights for me."

2. In "Down at the Cross," what does the author define as "the judges, the juries, the shotguns, the law"?
(a) "Legality."
(b) "Power."
(c) "Freedom."
(d) "White society."

3. What does the author describe as the subject of the Nation of Islam speeches he observed on the streets in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) Power.
(b) Humility.
(c) Love.
(d) Acceptance.

4. When did Rudyard Kipling live?
(a) 1865-1936.
(b) 1899-1959.
(c) 1798-1856.
(d) 1802-1880.

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 mother's lynching.
(c) His father's lynching.
(d) His uncle's execution.

Short Answer Questions

1. When dd Elijah Muhammad die?

2. The author claims in his conclusion of "My Dungeon Shook" that "we can make America" what?

3. What word from "My Dungeon Shook" means great in importance, extent, or size?

4. Of the letter recipient's father, the author says in "My Dungeon Shook," "Let him laugh and I see" what?

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

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