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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. What word used by the author in "Down at the Cross" means relentless or unstoppable?
(a) Advanced.
(b) Irredeemable.
(c) Cultivated.
(d) Implacable.

2. The author writes in "My Dungeon Shook," "You were born where you were born, and faced the future that you faced because" of what?
(a) "You were a man."
(b) "You were rich."
(c) "You were black."
(d) "You were poor."

3. About how old does the author describe the female pastor as being when he met her in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) 25-30.
(b) 45-50.
(c) 65-70.
(d) 55-60.

4. The author tells the letter recipient in "My Dungeon Shook," "Take no one's word for anything, including mine--but trust" what?
(a) "Your soul."
(b) "Your intelligence."
(c) "Your experience."
(d) "Your instincts."

5. What author does the narrator describe beginning to read when he began losing his faith in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) Nietzche.
(b) Dostoevski.
(c) Homer.
(d) Kant.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author says in "My Dungeon Shook," that "if you've loved anybody that long, first as an infant, then as a child, then as a man, you gain a strange perspective on" what?

2. What word from "My Dungeon Shook" means to display something?

3. 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?

4. What caused the author's father's defeat in "My Dungeon Shook"?

5. To whom is the author writing in "My Dungeon Shook"?

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