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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. What award was James Baldwin given for his essay collection Nobody Knows My Name?
(a) A Certificate of Recognition from The New Leader.
(b) A Certificate of Recognition from The National Conference of Christians and Jews.
(c) A Nobel Peace Prize.
(d) A Certificate of Recognition from The Partisan Review.

2. About how many years ago does the author describe the letter recipient being born in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) 10 years ago.
(b) 20 years ago.
(c) 14 years ago.
(d) 16 years ago.

3. About how old does the author describe the female pastor as being when he met her in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) 25-30.
(b) 45-50.
(c) 55-60.
(d) 65-70.

4. The author writes to the letter recipient in "My Dungeon Shook," "You come from a long line of" what?
(a) "Poets."
(b) "Teachers."
(c) "Slaves."
(d) "Carpenters."

5. How does the author describe himself as a baby in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) He was an angry baby.
(b) He was a big baby.
(c) He was a small baby.
(d) He was a temperamental baby.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What does the author claim to act is to be in "My Dungeon Shook"?

3. What word from "Down at the Cross" refers to a large area of unforested grassland in southeastern Europe or Siberia?

4. How does the author describe his feelings about "a separate black economy in America"?

5. The author says in "My Dungeon Shook," that "if you've loved anybody that long, first as an infant, then as a child, then as a man, you gain a strange perspective on" what?

(see the answer key)

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