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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 author describe feeling guilty about having in his pocket when he visited Elijah Muhammad 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. 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?
4. On what day of the week does the author describe visiting Elijah Muhammad in "Down at the Cross"?
5. In becoming a successful Young Minister, the author describes his rivalry with whom, in "Down at the Cross"?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the author compare his involvement in ministry with the thugs on the Avenue in "Down at the Cross"?
2. What elements of foreshadowing can be seen in the first part of "Down at the Cross"?
3. How does the author perceive the expression of pain and suffering of blacks through Christianity?
4. What parallels does the author draw between Christianity and Islam in "Down at the Cross"?
5. How does the author describe the setting of Elijah Muhammad's home in "Down at the Cross"?
6. Who was Elijah Muhammad? What was his role within the Nation of Islam?
7. What does the author remark about the Holocaust in "Down at the Cross"?
8. How would you describe the tone in the second section of "Down at the Cross"? How has the author's perspective changed?
9. What parallels does the author draw between his father and 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"?
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
Describe and discuss the author's descriptions of his mother and other female African Americans in The Fire Next Time. How are these depictions juxtaposed against the depictions of males in African American society? What is the basis of these differences in character?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the author's actions, objectives, and obstacles in writing to his nephew in "My Dungeon Shook." For what purpose is the author writing the letter? How does he go about making his points? Do you think that his letter achieves his objective?
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