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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 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was the author when he describes having gone through a "prolonged religious crisis" in the beginning of "Down at the Cross"?
(a) 10.
(b) 21.
(c) 14.
(d) 19.

2. How does the author describe his father's life in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) Terrible.
(b) Ambitious.
(c) Bombastic.
(d) Impressive.

3. How old was the author when two police officers amused themselves with frisking him, according to the story in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) 12.
(b) 16.
(c) 10.
(d) 19.

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

5. The author says in "My Dungeon Shook," " There is no reason for you to try to become like" what?
(a) "Your father."
(b) "White people."
(c) "Me."
(d) "Your ancestors."

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times does the author say he has begun his letter and torn it up in "My Dungeon Shook"?

2. The authors writes in "Down at the Cross," "Yes, it does indeed mean something - something unspeakable - to be born, in a white country, and Anglo-Teutonic, antisexual country, black. You very soon, without knowing it, give up all hope of" what?

3. 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?

4. 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?

5. The author writes in "Down at the Cross," "It was absolutely clear that the police would whip you and take you in as long as" what?

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