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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. How old was the author when two police officers amused themselves with frisking him, according to the story in "Down at the Cross"?
2. How old was the author when he describes having gone through a "prolonged religious crisis" in the beginning of "Down at the Cross"?
3. In what war does the author describe many of his friends enlisting in the service to fight in the beginning of "Down at the Cross"?
4. After the confrontation at the bar, the author says that one of his companions, a Korean War veteran, said that the bar had been the white man's fight too. How did the white man respond?
5. 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"?
Short Essay Questions
1. In the second section of "Down at the Cross," the author points out many reasons that American society is not healed in relation to race. How does he propose it might become healed?
2. What is noteworthy about the quotes that open "Down at the Cross"?
3. What does the author point out as the failings of Christianity and Islam in "Down at the Cross"?
4. How does the author describe the setting of Elijah Muhammad's home in "Down at the Cross"?
5. What hypocrisies in Christianity and the Nation of Islam does Baldwin point out in "Down at the Cross"?
6. How would you describe the author's sense of anger in the beginning of "Down at the Cross"?
7. How would you describe the tone in the second section of "Down at the Cross"? How has the author's perspective changed?
8. What is the source of the author's anger and resentment toward his father?
9. How does the author describe the racial perspectives in the Nation of Islam's belief system?
10. What parallels does the author draw between Christianity and Islam in "Down at the Cross"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does the author compare Christianity with the beliefs and ideals of the Nation of Islam? In what ways are these religions similar to the author? How do they differ?
Essay Topic 2
Describe the author's encounter with the driver after leaving Elijah Muhammad's home in "Down at the Cross." What did the two discuss? What conclusions did they reach in their discussion? How did the author feel about this exchange?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the theme of identity in The Fire Next Time. How does the author illustrate this theme in "Down at the Cross"? How is the theme explored in "My Dungeon Shook"? What factors impact the white man and the black man's sense of identity?
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