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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. Of the girls in Harlem going through adolescence, the author says in "Down at the Cross," "They understood that they must act as God's" what?
(a) "Angels."
(b) "Watchmen."
(c) "Decoys."
(d) "Love."
2. What must one become "concerning destruction and death," according to the author in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) "Bold and incisive."
(b) "Peaceful and analytical."
(c) "Tough and philosophical."
(d) "Logical and honest."
3. When was E. Franklin Frazier elected as the first black president of the American Sociological Association?
(a) 1932.
(b) 1956.
(c) 1944.
(d) 1948.
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 father.
(c) His uncle.
(d) His older brother.
5. The author describes the birth of the letter recipient in "My Dungeon Shook," saying "here you were: to be loved. To be loved, baby, hard, at once, and forever, to strengthen you against" what?
(a) "The struggles you will face."
(b) "The loveless world."
(c) "The madman."
(d) "The world of evil."
Short Answer Questions
1. What word from "My Dungeon Shook" means to display something?
2. The author states in "Down at the Cross" that the "principles governing the rites and customs of the churches in which I grew up did not differ from the principles governing the rites and customs of other chuches, white. The principles were Blindness, Lonelines, and" what?
3. Of white people, the author says in "My Dungeon Shook," "You must accept them and accept them with" what?
4. When did Rudyard Kipling live?
5. What word from "My Dungeon Shook" refers to the condition of being lower in status or quality than others?
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