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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 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who founded the Nation of Islam?
(a) Wallace D. Ford.
(b) Malcolm X.
(c) Assata Shakur.
(d) James Whitney.

2. What word from "My Dungeon Shook" refers to the condition of being lower in status or quality than others?
(a) Complexity.
(b) Inferiority.
(c) Integrity.
(d) Desolate.

3. In "Down at the Cross," what does the author define as "the judges, the juries, the shotguns, the law"?
(a) "Freedom."
(b) "White society."
(c) "Power."
(d) "Legality."

4. How does the author describe female segregated restrooms in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) They say "White Women" and "Negro Women."
(b) They say "White Ladies" and "Black Ladies."
(c) They say "White Women" and "Colored Ladies."
(d) They say "White Ladies" and "Colored Women."

5. When was Charles Dickens born?
(a) 1805.
(b) 1812.
(c) 1865.
(d) 1919.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the author describe his feelings about "a separate black economy in America"?

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

3. The author tells the letter recipient in "My Dungeon Shook," "Take no one's word for anything, including mine--but trust" what?

4. How late was the author when he arrived for dinner at Elijah Muhammad's home?

5. Where was James Baldwin when he died?

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