1. What did the Emancipation Proclamation proclaim?
(a) The freedom of slaves.
(b) The right for blacks to vote.
(c) The end of segregation.
(d) The right for women to vote.

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

3. 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) "A handle, a lever, a means of inspiring fear."
(c) "Hope."
(d) "A mechanism to provoke change in the hearts of men."

4. The author states in "Down at the Cross," "White people hold the power, which means that they are" what?
(a) "Inferior to blacks."
(b) "Selfish."
(c) "Superior to blacks."
(d) "Free."

5. When was E. Franklin Frazier born?
(a) 1936.
(b) 1859.
(c) 1894.
(d) 1919.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author states in "Down at the Cross" that the "principles governing the rites and customs of the churches in which I grew up did not differ from the principles governing the rites and customs of other chuches, white. The principles were Blindness, Lonelines, and" what?

2. To whom is the author writing in "My Dungeon Shook"?

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 does the author describe the recipient's character in "My Dungeon Shook"?

5. The author claims in his conclusion of "My Dungeon Shook" that the country is celebrating one hundred years of freedom when?

(see the answer key)

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