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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. 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) Malcolm X.
(b) Elijah Muhammad.
(c) Louis Farrakhan.
(d) Wallace Fard Muhammad.

2. What does the author claim the black man has functioned as in the white man's world in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) A slave.
(b) A feat to stand above.
(c) A token of inspiration.
(d) A fixed star.

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

4. Whom does the author claim "no one has ever accused her of being bitter" in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) His wife.
(b) His mother.
(c) His sister.
(d) His daughter.

5. What word from "My Dungeon Shook" refers to desire and determination to achieve success?
(a) Cultivation.
(b) Exultation.
(c) Ambition.
(d) Deterioration.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of athletic career does the author describe pursuing but not succeeding at in "Down at the Cross"?

2. The author asserts in "Down at the Cross," "The real reason that nonviolence is considered to be a virtue in Negroes--I am not speaking now of its racial value, another matter altogether--is that white men do not want" what?

3. What must one become "concerning destruction and death," according to the author in "My Dungeon Shook"?

4. The author states in his conclusion of "My Dungeon Shook," "We cannot be free until" what?

5. Where did Charles Dickens live?

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