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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What author does the narrator describe beginning to read when he began losing his faith in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) Nietzche.
(b) Kant.
(c) Homer.
(d) Dostoevski.

2. 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) Wallace Fard Muhammad.
(b) Elijah Muhammad.
(c) Louis Farrakhan.
(d) Malcolm X.

3. The author claims in "Down at the Cross" that two things caused him to begin listening to the Muslim speakers. What was the first thing?
(a) World War II.
(b) The Police.
(c) The Vietnam War.
(d) The Presidential elections.

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

5. 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) Humility.
(c) Acceptance.
(d) Love.

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

7. 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 threat of universal exctinction."
(b) "The threat of social evolution."
(c) "The ambition toward a freer world."
(d) "Hope itself."

8. After the confrontation at the bar, the author says that one of his companions, a Korean War veteran, said that the bar had been the white man's fight too. How did the white man respond?
(a) "I lost my conscience a long time ago."
(b) "You don't fight my fights for me."
(c) "I don't care about the war."
(d) "I thank you for your service, Sir."

9. 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 Vietnam War.
(b) The Korean War.
(c) World War I.
(d) World War II.

10. The author states in "Down at the Cross," "White people hold the power, which means that they are" what?
(a) "Selfish."
(b) "Inferior to blacks."
(c) "Free."
(d) "Superior to blacks."

11. What word from "Down at the Cross" means something continuing without pause or interruption?
(a) Explicit.
(b) Incessant.
(c) Petulant.
(d) Exuberant.

12. 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) 1932.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1913.
(d) 1925.

13. Where does the author claim he was when a bartender refused to serve him and some friends in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) The La Guardia airport.
(b) The Sam Houston Airport.
(c) The J.F.K. airport.
(d) The Chicago O'Hare airport.

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the author claim is the only thing to "cause any of those people to treat you as they presumably wanted to be treated" in "Down at the Cross"?

3. 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?

4. 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?

5. How does the author respond when asked by the female pastor, "Whose little boy are you?"

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