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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the author describe having dinner at Elijah Muhammad's home in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) Oakland.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) New York.
(d) Chicago.

2. What does the author describe as the subject of the Nation of Islam speeches he observed on the streets in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) Love.
(b) Humility.
(c) Power.
(d) Acceptance.

3. For how long did the author remain on the pulpit as a Young Minister?
(a) Less than a year.
(b) About 2 years.
(c) Over 3 years.
(d) Less than 6 months.

4. How old was the author when he describes an encounter where a policeman made a racial slur as he passed in Manhattan in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) 13.
(b) 16.
(c) 10.
(d) 19.

5. The author writes in "Down at the Cross" that "the social treatment accorded even the most successful Negroes proved that one needed, in order to be free, something more than a bank account. One needed" what?
(a) "A backdoor into white society."
(b) "Hope."
(c) "A handle, a lever, a means of inspiring fear."
(d) "A mechanism to provoke change in the hearts of men."

6. What kind of athletic career does the author describe pursuing but not succeeding at in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) Basketball.
(b) Football.
(c) Prize-fighting.
(d) Baseball.

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

8. When did the Tunisians rise up against the French, according to the author in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1956.

9. In describing Elijah Muhammad in "Down at the Cross," the author notes, "The central quality in Elijah's face is" what?
(a) "Love."
(b) "Pain."
(c) "Joy."
(d) "Tranquility."

10. In describing white liberal attitudes in "Down at the Cross," the author states that "they could deal with the Negro as a symbol or a victim but has no real sense of him as" what?
(a) "An intellect."
(b) "A master."
(c) "A man."
(d) "A political power."

11. 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?
(a) 1913.
(b) 1925.
(c) 1932.
(d) 1919.

12. What does the author say "changes, totally and forever, the nature of reality and brings into devastating question the true meaning of man's history" in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) "The ambition toward a freer world."
(b) "Hope itself."
(c) "The threat of universal exctinction."
(d) "The threat of social evolution."

13. What does the author describe feeling guilty about having in his pocket when he visited Elijah Muhammad in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) A flask of whiskey.
(b) Cigarettes.
(c) A notepad.
(d) A tape recorder.

14. Where was the author going when he crossed Fifth Avenue in Manhattan and the policeman made a racial slur toward him in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) To the 42nd Street Library.
(b) To his high school.
(c) To a Broadway performance.
(d) To the Institute.

15. What does the author say "catches up with kingdoms and crushes them" in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) "Judgment."
(b) "God."
(c) "Time."
(d) "Power."

Short Answer Questions

1. The author states in "Down at the Cross" that what "and heroism have been made synonymous except when it comes to blacks"?

2. The author claims in "Down at the Cross" that two things caused him to begin listening to the Muslim speakers. What was the second thing?

3. In "Down at the Cross," what does the author define as "the judges, the juries, the shotguns, the law"?

4. When was Elijah Muhammad born?

5. The author writes in "Down at the Cross," "From my own point of view, the fact of the Third Reich alone makes obsolete forever any question of" what?

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