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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. For how long did the author remain on the pulpit as a Young Minister?
(a) Less than a year.
(b) Less than 6 months.
(c) About 2 years.
(d) Over 3 years.

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

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

4. What does the author describe his ancestors building in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) Railroads.
(b) Factories.
(c) Skyscrapers.
(d) Cars.

5. In "Down at the Cross," what does the author define as "the judges, the juries, the shotguns, the law"?
(a) "Legality."
(b) "White society."
(c) "Power."
(d) "Freedom."

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. When was E. Franklin Frazier's book The Negro Family in the United States published?

3. 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?

4. The author states in his conclusion of "My Dungeon Shook," "We cannot be free until" what?

5. The author states in the beginning of "Down at the Cross" that he believed that God and what were synonymous?

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