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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 the Dred Scott decision reached?
(a) 1865.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1857.
(d) 1872.

2. In what year did the U.S. Supreme Court make a decision outlawing segregation in public schools?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1954.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1971.

3. What word from "My Dungeon Shook" means to display something?
(a) Delineate.
(b) Exhibit.
(c) Interrogate.
(d) Inhibit.

4. In "My Dungeon Shook," the author cites E. Franklin Frazier as describing a time when the blacks left the land and entered into what?
(a) "The urban centers of prosperity."
(b) "The cities of decadence."
(c) "The cities of destruction."
(d) "The cities of despair."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How late was the author when he arrived for dinner at Elijah Muhammad's home?

2. The author states in "Down at the Cross" that what "and heroism have been made synonymous except when it comes to blacks"?

3. To whom is the author writing in "My Dungeon Shook"?

4. What color clothing does the author describe the women wearing at Elijah Muhammad's home in "Down at the Cross"?

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

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