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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 "Down at the Cross" that "the social treatment accorded even the most successful Negroes proved that one needed, in order to be free, something more than a bank account. One needed" what?
(a) "A mechanism to provoke change in the hearts of men."
(b) "A handle, a lever, a means of inspiring fear."
(c) "A backdoor into white society."
(d) "Hope."

2. Of white people, the author says in "My Dungeon Shook," "You must accept them and accept them with" what?
(a) Love.
(b) Resentment.
(c) Clarity.
(d) Faith.

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

4. How does the author describe the letter recipient as a baby in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) He was a small baby.
(b) He was a big baby.
(c) He was a mean baby.
(d) He was an emaciated baby.

5. What is the name of the letter recipient in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) James Baldwin.
(b) David Baldwin.
(c) George Baldwin.
(d) John Baldwin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from "My Dungeon Shook" means great in importance, extent, or size?

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?

3. Where does the author describe the pimps and whores hanging out in Harlem in "Down at the Cross"?

4. The author claims of white people in "My Dungeon Shook," "They are, in effect, still trapped in a history which" what?

5. What does the word "impertinent" mean in the context of "My Dungeon Shook"?

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