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Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author asserts in "Down at the Cross," "The real reason that nonviolence is considered to be a virtue in Negroes--I am not speaking now of its racial value, another matter altogether--is that white men do not want" what?
(a) "To look themselves in the mirror and to know who they truly are."
(b) "Their lives, their self-image, or their property threatened."
(c) "To actually pay heed to the voices of others."
(d) "To listen to history."

2. How old was the author when he describes an encounter where a policeman made a racial slur as he passed in Manhattan in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) 10.
(b) 19.
(c) 16.
(d) 13.

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) "Love."
(c) "Black superiority."
(d) "White superiority."

4. The author claims that we owe the ministry of Elijah Muhammad to the fact that he witnessed what when he was five or six years old?
(a) His uncle's execution.
(b) His mother's rape.
(c) His father's lynching.
(d) His mother's lynching.

5. In describing Elijah Muhammad in "Down at the Cross," the author notes, "The central quality in Elijah's face is" what?
(a) "Pain."
(b) "Tranquility."
(c) "Love."
(d) "Joy."

6. How old was the author when he describes having gone through a "prolonged religious crisis" in the beginning of "Down at the Cross"?
(a) 10.
(b) 19.
(c) 14.
(d) 21.

7. Where does the author describe listening to the Muslim speakers in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) Delancey and Hickamore Streets.
(b) 125th Street and Seventh Avenue.
(c) 12th Street and Seventh Avenue.
(d) Broadway and 45th Street.

8. In "Down at the Cross," the author describes the adolescent changes that the girls undergo, saying that they no longer tease the boys but do what to them instead?
(a) Reprimand them.
(b) Step on them.
(c) Flirt with them.
(d) Interrogate them.

9. The author states in "Down at the Cross," "I certainly could not discover any principled reason for not becoming a criminal, and it is not my poor, God-fearing parents who are to be indicted for the lack but" what?
(a) "My intelligence."
(b) "The oppression of my people."
(c) "This society."
(d) "My faith."

10. In "Down at the Cross," what does the author define as "the judges, the juries, the shotguns, the law"?
(a) "Legality."
(b) "Power."
(c) "White society."
(d) "Freedom."

11. What does the author describe feeling guilty about having in his pocket when he visited Elijah Muhammad in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) A notepad.
(b) A tape recorder.
(c) A flask of whiskey.
(d) Cigarettes.

12. How does the author describe female segregated restrooms in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) They say "White Women" and "Colored Ladies."
(b) They say "White Ladies" and "Colored Women."
(c) They say "White Ladies" and "Black Ladies."
(d) They say "White Women" and "Negro Women."

13. When was the Nation of Islam founded?
(a) July 4, 1936.
(b) July 4, 1961.
(c) July 4, 1930.
(d) July 4, 1940.

14. What word used by the author in "Down at the Cross" means relentless or unstoppable?
(a) Advanced.
(b) Cultivated.
(c) Implacable.
(d) Irredeemable.

15. What does the author describe as the subject of the Nation of Islam speeches he observed on the streets in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) Humility.
(b) Acceptance.
(c) Love.
(d) Power.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what periodical was "Down at the Cross" first published?

3. The author puts forth the Nation of Islam's belief that the white man's rule will be ended in how much time in "Down at the Cross"?

4. The author states in "Down at the Cross" that the "principles governing the rites and customs of the churches in which I grew up did not differ from the principles governing the rites and customs of other chuches, white. The principles were Blindness, Lonelines, and" what?

5. 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?

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