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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 must one become "concerning destruction and death," according to the author in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) "Peaceful and analytical."
(b) "Bold and incisive."
(c) "Logical and honest."
(d) "Tough and philosophical."

2. 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) Kant.
(d) Homer.

3. The author claims in "My Dungeon Shook," "Any upheaval in the universe is terrifying because it so profoundly attacks one’s sense of" what?
(a) "Grief."
(b) "One's own reality."
(c) "Health and love."
(d) "The meaning of life."

4. The author says of one of his ancestors in "My Dungeon Shook," "One of them said, the very time I thought I was lost, my dungeon shook and" what?
(a) "I was engulfed."
(b) "My chains fell off."
(c) "I was given faith."
(d) "I suddenly saw the light."

5. In "Down at the Cross," the author describes the adolescent changes that the girls undergo, saying that they no longer tease the boys but do what to them instead?
(a) Interrogate them.
(b) Step on them.
(c) Reprimand them.
(d) Flirt with them.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was the author when two police officers amused themselves with frisking him, according to the story in "Down at the Cross"?

2. What word from "Down at the Cross" means impossible to stop or prevent?

3. In what periodical was "Down at the Cross" first published?

4. Of white people, the author says in "My Dungeon Shook," "You must accept them and accept them with" what?

5. What word from "Down at the Cross" refers to people who engage in dishonest and fraudulent business dealings?

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