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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. When was Elijah Muhammad born?
(a) 1897.
(b) 1818.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1921.

2. What word from "Down at the Cross" describes a change of the form or nature of a thing or person into a completely different one?
(a) Propagation.
(b) Delineation.
(c) Metamorphosis.
(d) Exaltation.

3. The author describes the birth of the letter recipient in "My Dungeon Shook," saying "here you were: to be loved. To be loved, baby, hard, at once, and forever, to strengthen you against" what?
(a) "The struggles you will face."
(b) "The world of evil."
(c) "The loveless world."
(d) "The madman."

4. The author says of one of his ancestors in "My Dungeon Shook," "One of them said, the very time I thought I was lost, my dungeon shook and" what?
(a) "My chains fell off."
(b) "I suddenly saw the light."
(c) "I was engulfed."
(d) "I was given faith."

5. Where does the author claim he was when a bartender refused to serve him and some friends in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) The J.F.K. airport.
(b) The Chicago O'Hare airport.
(c) The Sam Houston Airport.
(d) The La Guardia airport.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from "My Dungeon Shook" refers to extremely cruel and brutal behavior?

2. Where does the author describe having dinner at Elijah Muhammad's home in "Down at the Cross"?

3. What word in "My Dungeon Shook" does the author define as meaning "that we, with love, shall force our brothers to see themselves as they are, to cease fleeing from reality and begin to change it"?

4. The author writes in "My Dungeon Shook," "This innocent country set you down" where?

5. For how long did the author remain on the pulpit as a Young Minister?

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