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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 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word from "Down at the Cross" means impossible to stop or prevent?
(a) Inexcusable.
(b) Inexorable.
(c) Deplorable.
(d) Plausible.

2. Where does the author claim he was when a bartender refused to serve him and some friends in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) The Sam Houston Airport.
(b) The La Guardia airport.
(c) The J.F.K. airport.
(d) The Chicago O'Hare airport.

3. The author urges the letter recipient in "My Dungeon Shook" to "imagine how you would feel if you woke up one morning to find the sun shining and all the stars" what?
(a) "Black."
(b) "Aflame."
(c) "Fallen."
(d) "Gone."

4. What kind of athletic career does the author describe pursuing but not succeeding at in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) Basketball.
(b) Football.
(c) Baseball.
(d) Prize-fighting.

5. The author claims of white people in "My Dungeon Shook," "They are, in effect, still trapped in a history which" what?
(a) "They never wanted."
(b) "They do not understand."
(c) "They created themselves."
(d) "They cannot escape."

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from "Down at the Cross" means something continuing without pause or interruption?

2. How does the author respond when asked by the female pastor, "Whose little boy are you?"

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

4. What does the author claim the black man has functioned as in the white man's world in "My Dungeon Shook"?

5. When did the Tunisians rise up against the French, according to the author in "Down at the Cross"?

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