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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 the pimps and whores hanging out in Harlem in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) Delancey.
(b) Broadway.
(c) The Avenue.
(d) Broad St.

2. Who is quoted as having said "It is better to marry than to burn" in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) St. Paul.
(b) St. Peter.
(c) St. George.
(d) St. Andrew.

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

4. What does the word "assuage" from "Down at the Cross" mean?
(a) To reassure.
(b) To deter.
(c) To placate.
(d) To satisfy.

5. When was Elijah Muhammad born?
(a) 1911.
(b) 1921.
(c) 1897.
(d) 1818.

6. 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) "Sorrow."
(b) "Terror."
(c) "Love."
(d) "Faith."

7. When did Elijah Muhammad tell the author that the white man's time had been up, but that it had been the will of Allah that the black man be redeemed by his white masters?
(a) 1925.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1913.
(d) 1932.

8. In what war does the author describe many of his friends enlisting in the service to fight in the beginning of "Down at the Cross"?
(a) The Korean War.
(b) World War II.
(c) The Vietnam War.
(d) World War I.

9. The author states in "Down at the Cross" that what "and heroism have been made synonymous except when it comes to blacks"?
(a) "Strength."
(b) "Love."
(c) "Power."
(d) "Violence."

10. What word from "Down at the Cross" means impossible to stop or prevent?
(a) Plausible.
(b) Inexcusable.
(c) Deplorable.
(d) Inexorable.

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

12. The author states in the beginning of "Down at the Cross" that he believed that God and what were synonymous?
(a) Faith.
(b) Safety.
(c) Purity.
(d) Salvation.

13. What does the author say "changes, totally and forever, the nature of reality and brings into devastating question the true meaning of man's history" in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) "The ambition toward a freer world."
(b) "Hope itself."
(c) "The threat of universal exctinction."
(d) "The threat of social evolution."

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

15. In describing white liberal attitudes in "Down at the Cross," the author states that "they could deal with the Negro as a symbol or a victim but has no real sense of him as" what?
(a) "A man."
(b) "A master."
(c) "A political power."
(d) "An intellect."

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from "Down at the Cross" means something continuing without pause or interruption?

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

3. What word from "Down at the Cross" refers to a large area of unforested grassland in southeastern Europe or Siberia?

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

5. What qualities does the author claim Elijah Muhammad has invested in his followers in "Down at the Cross"?

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