1. The author claims in "My Dungeon Shook," "Any upheaval in the universe is terrifying because it so profoundly attacks one’s sense of" what?
(a) "One's own reality."
(b) "The meaning of life."
(c) "Health and love."
(d) "Grief."

2. When dd Elijah Muhammad die?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1975.
(d) 1969.

3. 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) "Christian superiority."
(b) "Black superiority."
(c) "Love."
(d) "White superiority."

4. What does the word "perish" mean in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) To die.
(b) To expel.
(c) To distinguish.
(d) To enliven.

5. Who founded the Nation of Islam?
(a) James Whitney.
(b) Malcolm X.
(c) Assata Shakur.
(d) Wallace D. Ford.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author writes in "My Dungeon Shook," "You were born into a society which spelled out with brutal clarity, and in as many ways as possible, that you were" what?

2. Whom does the author describe watching learn to walk in "My Dungeon Shook"?

3. When was Charles Dickens born?

4. When was the Nation of Islam founded?

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

(see the answer key)

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