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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 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Charles Dickens born?
(a) 1812.
(b) 1865.
(c) 1805.
(d) 1919.

2. The author writes in "Down at the Cross," "From my own point of view, the fact of the Third Reich alone makes obsolete forever any question of" what?
(a) "Black superiority."
(b) "Christian superiority."
(c) "White superiority."
(d) "Love."

3. Where does the author describe having dinner at Elijah Muhammad's home in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) New York.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Oakland.
(d) San Francisco.

4. The author says in "My Dungeon Shook," " There is no reason for you to try to become like" what?
(a) "Your ancestors."
(b) "White people."
(c) "Me."
(d) "Your father."

5. The author claims in "Down at the Cross" that two things caused him to begin listening to the Muslim speakers. What was the second thing?
(a) The struggle for power.
(b) The intensity of the crowds.
(c) His father's death.
(d) The Vietnam War.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The author writes in "Down at the Cross" that "If one cannot risk oneself, then one is simply incapable of" what?

3. Where was "My Dungeon Shook" first published?

4. What is the name of the letter recipient in "My Dungeon Shook"?

5. What caused the author's father's defeat in "My Dungeon Shook"?

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