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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) "His laughter as a child."
(b) "The singing of birds of yesterday."
(c) "The laughter of tomorrow."
(d) "The gravelly voice of our father."

2. Of the girls in Harlem going through adolescence, the author says in "Down at the Cross," "They understood that they must act as God's" what?
(a) "Angels."
(b) "Watchmen."
(c) "Decoys."
(d) "Love."

3. The author describes the birth of the letter recipient in "My Dungeon Shook," saying "here you were: to be loved. To be loved, baby, hard, at once, and forever, to strengthen you against" what?
(a) "The loveless world."
(b) "The world of evil."
(c) "The struggles you will face."
(d) "The madman."

4. What word from "My Dungeon Shook" means eager to fight or defiant?
(a) Conclusive.
(b) Virulent.
(c) Truculent.
(d) Cautionary.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Down at the Cross," what does the author define as "the judges, the juries, the shotguns, the law"?

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

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

4. For what work is Homer most known?

5. When was Charles Dickens born?

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