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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What qualities does the author claim Elijah Muhammad has invested in his followers in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) Worry and doubt.
(b) Caution and fear.
(c) Pride and serenity.
(d) Peace and humility.

3. Whom does the author describe as having stated that "the cry of 'violence' was not raised... when the Israelis fought to regain Israel, and, indeed, is raised only when black men indicate that they will fight for their rights"?
(a) Malcolm X.
(b) Elijah Muhammad.
(c) Wallace Fard Muhammad.
(d) Louis Farrakhan.

4. The author writes in "Down at the Cross" that "the social treatment accorded even the most successful Negroes proved that one needed, in order to be free, something more than a bank account. One needed" what?
(a) "A backdoor into white society."
(b) "A mechanism to provoke change in the hearts of men."
(c) "Hope."
(d) "A handle, a lever, a means of inspiring fear."

5. When did the Tunisians rise up against the French, according to the author in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1969.
(c) 1956.
(d) 1962.

6. What word from "Down at the Cross" refers to people who engage in dishonest and fraudulent business dealings?
(a) Hucksters.
(b) Sheisters.
(c) Diffidents.
(d) Racketeers.

7. In becoming a successful Young Minister, the author describes his rivalry with whom, in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) His uncle.
(b) His father.
(c) His older brother.
(d) His younger brother.

8. 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"?
(a) 50-60 years.
(b) 5-10 years.
(c) 100 years.
(d) 10-15 years.

9. What word from "Down at the Cross" describes a change of the form or nature of a thing or person into a completely different one?
(a) Delineation.
(b) Propagation.
(c) Metamorphosis.
(d) Exaltation.

10. 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?
(a) "Faith."
(b) "Terror."
(c) "Love."
(d) "Sorrow."

11. 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) Power.
(b) Love.
(c) Acceptance.
(d) Humility.

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

13. 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 faith."
(b) "The oppression of my people."
(c) "This society."
(d) "My intelligence."

14. When did Rudyard Kipling live?
(a) 1899-1959.
(b) 1865-1936.
(c) 1802-1880.
(d) 1798-1856.

15. What does the author say "catches up with kingdoms and crushes them" in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) "Judgment."
(b) "God."
(c) "Power."
(d) "Time."

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the author describe listening to the Muslim speakers in "Down at the Cross"?

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

3. About how old does the author describe the female pastor as being when he met her in "Down at the Cross"?

4. What word used by the author in "Down at the Cross" means relentless or unstoppable?

5. What does the author claim to be the seeming "sum of our achievement" as humans, in "Down at the Cross"?

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