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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. How does the author describe the stock from which the letter recipient came in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) "Elegant stock."
(b) "Sturdy, peasant stock."
(c) "Intelligent, handy stock."
(d) "Crafty and deceitful stock."

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

3. The author claims in his conclusion of "My Dungeon Shook" that "we can make America" what?
(a) "A beacon of yesterday."
(b) "Great again."
(c) "Better than it has ever been."
(d) "What America must become."

4. How does the author conclude his letter in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) "I hope that you will forgive me."
(b) "I love you, dear James, and I send my love to the family."
(c) "God bless you, James, and Godspeed."
(d) "I will see you on the morrow."

5. The author writes in "Down at the Cross," "It was absolutely clear that the police would whip you and take you in as long as" what?
(a) "You were hiding something."
(b) "You were not one of them."
(c) "You were guilty."
(d) "They could get away with it."

Short Answer Questions

1. The author states in "Down at the Cross," "White people hold the power, which means that they are" what?

2. What does the word "unassailable" mean in "My Dungeon Shook"?

3. The author writes in "My Dungeon Shook," "You were born where you were born, and faced the future that you faced because" of what?

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

5. When was E. Franklin Frazier elected as the first black president of the American Sociological Association?

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