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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Down At The Cross: Letter from a Region of My Mind" – Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) "Love."
(b) "Angels."
(c) "Decoys."
(d) "Watchmen."

2. On what day of the week does the author describe visiting Elijah Muhammad in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) Monday.
(b) Thursday.
(c) Friday.
(d) Sunday.

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

4. What word from "My Dungeon Shook" refers to a firm upright support for a superstructure?
(a) Pillar.
(b) Ballast.
(c) Mast.
(d) Chattel.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The author claims that we owe the ministry of Elijah Muhammad to the fact that he witnessed what when he was five or six years old?

2. When dd Elijah Muhammad die?

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. During what years did Elijah Muhammad lead the Nation of Islam?

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"?

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