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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. Of the letter recipient's father, the author says in "My Dungeon Shook," I hear in his present laughter" what?
(a) "The singing of birds of yesterday."
(b) "The gravelly voice of our father."
(c) "The laughter of tomorrow."
(d) "His laughter as a child."

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?
(a) "Inflation."
(b) "Communion."
(c) "Redemption."
(d) "Communication."

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

4. When was the Emancipation Proclamation issued?
(a) January 1, 1862.
(b) January 1, 1863.
(c) January 1, 1865.
(d) January 1, 1864.

5. Where was the author going when he crossed Fifth Avenue in Manhattan and the policeman made a racial slur toward him in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) To the 42nd Street Library.
(b) To his high school.
(c) To the Institute.
(d) To a Broadway performance.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what day of the week does the author describe visiting Elijah Muhammad in "Down at the Cross"?

2. How much of a man did the U.S. Constitution once declare blacks to be?

3. What does the author claim to be "the only fact we have" in "Down at the Cross"?

4. In what periodical was "Down at the Cross" first published?

5. What word from "Down at the Cross" refers to an idiosyncratic belief that is firmly maintained despite being contradicted by what is generally accepted as reality or rational argument?

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