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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 letter recipient's father, the author says in "My Dungeon Shook," I hear in his present laughter" what?
(a) "The laughter of tomorrow."
(b) "The singing of birds of yesterday."
(c) "His laughter as a child."
(d) "The gravelly voice of our father."
2. What does the author refer to as "the crime of which I accuse my country" in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) "They have destroyed and are destroying hundreds of thousands of lives."
(b) "They refuse to accept the truth of the black man's superiority."
(c) "They have isolated themselves and taken strides to keep themselves as such."
(d) "They have turned their backs on the people they needed the most."
3. How old was the author when he describes an encounter where a policeman made a racial slur as he passed in Manhattan in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) 13.
(b) 16.
(c) 10.
(d) 19.
4. The author writes in "My Dungeon Shook," "The details and symbols of your life have been deliberately constructed to make you believe" what?
(a) "That you are destined for greatness."
(b) "What white people say about you."
(c) "That you are attainable."
(d) "That your life is fluid."
5. In "My Dungeon Shook," the author cites E. Franklin Frazier as describing a time when the blacks left the land and entered into what?
(a) "The cities of despair."
(b) "The cities of decadence."
(c) "The urban centers of prosperity."
(d) "The cities of destruction."
Short Answer Questions
1. What must one become "concerning destruction and death," according to the author in "My Dungeon Shook"?
2. What word from "Down at the Cross" means something continuing without pause or interruption?
3. What does the author claim to act is to be in "My Dungeon Shook"?
4. What does the author claim is the only thing to "cause any of those people to treat you as they presumably wanted to be treated" in "Down at the Cross"?
5. Where was the author going when he crossed Fifth Avenue in Manhattan and the policeman made a racial slur toward him in "Down at the Cross"?
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