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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the word "bulwark" mean in "Down at the Cross"?
2. 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?
3. Where did Rudyard Kipling live?
4. 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?
5. As the author describes growing up in Harlem in "Down at the Cross," he says, "In the same way that the girls were destined to gain as much weight as their mothers, the boys, it was clear, would" what?
Short Essay Questions
1. What "truth" does the author describe finding through this experiences with Christianity?
2. What parallels does the author draw between Christianity and Islam in "Down at the Cross"?
3. What differences does the author point out between Christianity and Islam in the second section of "Down at the Cross"?
4. What does the author remark about the Holocaust in "Down at the Cross"?
5. How does the author describe the setting of Elijah Muhammad's home in "Down at the Cross"?
6. What is noteworthy about the quotes that open "Down at the Cross"?
7. What is the subject of the hymn that opens "Down at the Cross"? How does this quote tie in with the essay's themes?
8. What does the author describe discussing with his driver after leaving Elijah Muhammad's home in "Down at the Cross"?
9. Who was Elijah Muhammad? What was his role within the Nation of Islam?
10. What elements of foreshadowing can be seen in the first part of "Down at the Cross"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the author's characterizations of his father and brother in "My Dungeon Shook." How does he compare and contrast these individuals? What does he describe as the failures and destruction of his father and brother? How does the author relate his father and brother to his nephew?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the parallels that the author draws between the Holocaust and the oppression of African Americans. How does the author indicate that World War II changed perceptions within the black community of white society? What did the fact of the Holocaust prove to the author?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the theme of racial oppression in "My Dungeon Shook." How does the author illustrate examples of racial oppression? What are his opinions and perceptions of the oppression faced by black Americans? How does the author propose to overcome oppression?
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