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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. How does the author describe the recipient's character in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) "Reactionary, divisive, impulsive."
(b) "Kind, holy, and venerable."
(c) "Tough, dark, vulnerable, moody."
(d) "Calm, collected, at peace."

2. Where did Homer live?
(a) Rome.
(b) Egypt.
(c) France.
(d) Greece.

3. How much of a man did the U.S. Constitution once declare blacks to be?
(a) 2/3rds of a man.
(b) 1/2 of a man.
(c) 3/5ths of a man.
(d) 1/3 of a man.

4. 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?
(a) "They could get away with it."
(b) "You were hiding something."
(c) "You were not one of them."
(d) "You were guilty."

5. For what work is Homer most known?
(a) The Poet's Destiny.
(b) The Odyssey.
(c) Julius Caesar.
(d) The Cave.

Short Answer Questions

1. What caused the author's father's defeat in "My Dungeon Shook"?

2. The author says in "My Dungeon Shook," " There is no reason for you to try to become like" what?

3. The author says in "My Dungeon Shook," "We have not stopped trembling yet, but if we had not loved each other none of us would have" what?

4. Senator Robert Byrd was a former member of what organization?

5. The author states in "Down at the Cross," "I certainly could not discover any principled reason for not becoming a criminal, and it is not my poor, God-fearing parents who are to be indicted for the lack but" what?

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