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

2. What does the author refer to as "the crime of which I accuse my country" in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) "They refuse to accept the truth of the black man's superiority."
(b) "They have turned their backs on the people they needed the most."
(c) "They have isolated themselves and taken strides to keep themselves as such."
(d) "They have destroyed and are destroying hundreds of thousands of lives."

3. What does the author describe school revealing itself to be to the black community passing through adolescence in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) "A pursuit toward excellence."
(b) "A path to enlightenment."
(c) "A child's game that one could not win."
(d) "A segue into more fruitful endeavors."

4. 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 handle, a lever, a means of inspiring fear."
(b) "A mechanism to provoke change in the hearts of men."
(c) "Hope."
(d) "A backdoor into white society."

5. Where does the author describe the pimps and whores hanging out in Harlem in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) Broad St.
(b) Broadway.
(c) The Avenue.
(d) Delancey.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author says in "My Dungeon Shook," "We have not stopped trembling yet, but if we had not loved each other none of us would have" what?

2. What word from "My Dungeon Shook" refers to the condition of being lower in status or quality than others?

3. What word in "My Dungeon Shook" does the author define as meaning "that we, with love, shall force our brothers to see themselves as they are, to cease fleeing from reality and begin to change it"?

4. Of the letter recipient's father, the author says in "My Dungeon Shook," I hear in his present laughter" what?

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

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