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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. The author claims in his conclusion of "My Dungeon Shook" that "we can make America" what?
(a) "What America must become."
(b) "Great again."
(c) "A beacon of yesterday."
(d) "Better than it has ever been."

2. In becoming a successful Young Minister, the author describes his rivalry with whom, in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) His father.
(b) His younger brother.
(c) His older brother.
(d) His uncle.

3. What does the word "assuage" from "Down at the Cross" mean?
(a) To satisfy.
(b) To deter.
(c) To placate.
(d) To reassure.

4. How old was the author when he describes having gone through a "prolonged religious crisis" in the beginning of "Down at the Cross"?
(a) 14.
(b) 10.
(c) 21.
(d) 19.

5. What word in "My Dungeon Shook" does the author define as meaning "that we, with love, shall force our brothers to see themselves as they are, to cease fleeing from reality and begin to change it"?
(a) Integration.
(b) Compulsion.
(c) Atonement.
(d) Revenge.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from "My Dungeon Shook" refers to desire and determination to achieve success?

2. What word from "My Dungeon Shook" refers to a firm upright support for a superstructure?

3. When did E. Franklin Frazier help draft the UNESCO statement entitled The Race Question?

4. About how many years ago does the author describe the letter recipient being born in "My Dungeon Shook"?

5. How does the author describe the stock from which the letter recipient came in "My Dungeon Shook"?

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