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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. Senator Robert Byrd was a former member of what organization?
(a) The Ku Klux Klan.
(b) The American Labor Party.
(c) The American Communist Party.
(d) The NAACP.

2. What color clothing does the author describe the women wearing at Elijah Muhammad's home in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) Green.
(b) Red.
(c) Yellow.
(d) White.

3. W.E.B. Du Bois completed his graduate work at the University of Berlin and what U.S. college?
(a) Oxford University.
(b) Rutgers University.
(c) Harvard University.
(d) Yale University.

4. Where did Homer live?
(a) Greece.
(b) Rome.
(c) Egypt.
(d) France.

5. What is the name of the letter recipient in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) David Baldwin.
(b) James Baldwin.
(c) George Baldwin.
(d) John Baldwin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from "My Dungeon Shook" refers to a firm upright support for a superstructure?

2. When did E. Franklin Frazier help draft the UNESCO statement entitled The Race Question?

3. The authors writes in "Down at the Cross," "Yes, it does indeed mean something - something unspeakable - to be born, in a white country, and Anglo-Teutonic, antisexual country, black. You very soon, without knowing it, give up all hope of" what?

4. What word from "Down at the Cross" refers to an idiosyncratic belief that is firmly maintained despite being contradicted by what is generally accepted as reality or rational argument?

5. The author claims in "My Dungeon Shook," "Any upheaval in the universe is terrifying because it so profoundly attacks one’s sense of" what?

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