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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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) Malcolm X.
(d) Louis Farrakhan.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Rudyard Kipling live?

2. Of the girls in Harlem going through adolescence, the author says in "Down at the Cross," "They understood that they must act as God's" what?

3. 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?

4. What does the author describe as the subject of the Nation of Islam speeches he observed on the streets in "Down at the Cross"?

5. What does the author describe school revealing itself to be to the black community passing through adolescence in "Down at the Cross"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How would you describe the central subject and structure of the first part of "Down at the Cross"?

2. What parallels does the author draw between Christianity and Islam in "Down at the Cross"?

3. What causes the author irritation during his dinner at Elijah Muhammad's home?

4. How does the author compare his involvement in ministry with the thugs on the Avenue in "Down at the Cross"?

5. What does the author remark about the Holocaust in "Down at the Cross"?

6. What does the author describe discussing with his driver after leaving Elijah Muhammad's home in "Down at the Cross"?

7. How does the author describe his departure from Elijah Muhammad's home in "Down at the Cross"?

8. How would you describe the author's sense of anger in the beginning of "Down at the Cross"?

9. How does the author describe his religious faith to Elijah Muhammad in "Down at the Cross"?

10. What differences does the author point out between Christianity and Islam in the second section of "Down at the Cross"?

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