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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 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author writes in "My Dungeon Shook," "You were born into a society which spelled out with brutal clarity, and in as many ways as possible, that you were" what?
(a) "On a road to success."
(b) "On the road to failure."
(c) "A part of the American Dream."
(d) "A worthless human being."

2. Where was "My Dungeon Shook" first published?
(a) Reader's Digest.
(b) The New Yorker.
(c) Time magazine.
(d) The Progressive.

3. What word from "My Dungeon Shook" means eager to fight or defiant?
(a) Conclusive.
(b) Virulent.
(c) Truculent.
(d) Cautionary.

4. In becoming a successful Young Minister, the author describes his rivalry with whom, in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) His younger brother.
(b) His uncle.
(c) His older brother.
(d) His father.

5. Who is quoted as having said "It is better to marry than to burn" in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) St. Andrew.
(b) St. George.
(c) St. Peter.
(d) St. Paul.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What U.S. President issued the Emancipation Proclamation?

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

5. What does the author refer to as "the crime of which I accuse my country" in "My Dungeon Shook"?

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