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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. The author describes the birth of the letter recipient in "My Dungeon Shook," saying "here you were: to be loved. To be loved, baby, hard, at once, and forever, to strengthen you against" what?
(a) "The struggles you will face."
(b) "The world of evil."
(c) "The madman."
(d) "The loveless world."

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

3. The author describes the black man as being "the most despised creature in his country" with the exception of whom, in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) The American Indian.
(b) The European settler.
(c) The Mexican immigrant.
(d) The Muslim immigrant.

4. What word from "My Dungeon Shook" refers to extremely cruel and brutal behavior?
(a) Apprehension.
(b) Integrity.
(c) Diligence.
(d) Inhumanity.

5. 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?
(a) His father's lynching.
(b) His mother's rape.
(c) His uncle's execution.
(d) His mother's lynching.

Short Answer Questions

1. What controversial, best-selling novel did James Baldwin write, according to the author's bio in the end of the book?

2. How does the author describe female segregated restrooms in "Down at the Cross"?

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

4. What organization did W.E.B. Du Bois co-found?

5. In describing Elijah Muhammad in "Down at the Cross," the author notes, "The central quality in Elijah's face is" what?

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