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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 from "My Dungeon Shook" means to display something?
(a) Exhibit.
(b) Interrogate.
(c) Delineate.
(d) Inhibit.

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

3. 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."

4. What word from "My Dungeon Shook" refers to a firm upright support for a superstructure?
(a) Ballast.
(b) Chattel.
(c) Pillar.
(d) Mast.

5. How does the author describe the recipient's character in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) "Kind, holy, and venerable."
(b) "Calm, collected, at peace."
(c) "Reactionary, divisive, impulsive."
(d) "Tough, dark, vulnerable, moody."

Short Answer Questions

1. In what war does the author describe many of his friends enlisting in the service to fight in the beginning of "Down at the Cross"?

2. When did Rudyard Kipling live?

3. How does the author describe the letter recipient as a baby in "My Dungeon Shook"?

4. How does the author conclude his letter in "My Dungeon Shook"?

5. The author claims of white people in "My Dungeon Shook," "They are, in effect, still trapped in a history which" what?

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