2. The author writes in "My Dungeon Shook," "You were born into a society which spelled out with brutal clarity, and in as many ways as possible, that you were" what?
(a) "A worthless human being."
(b) "On the road to failure."
(c) "A part of the American Dream."
(d) "On a road to success."

3. What U.S. President issued the Emancipation Proclamation?
(a) James Buchanan.
(b) Andrew Johnson.
(c) Ulysses S. Grant.
(d) Abraham Lincoln.

4. 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) "Health and love."
(b) "The meaning of life."
(c) "Grief."
(d) "One's own reality."

5. The author states in the beginning of "Down at the Cross" that he believed that God and what were synonymous?
(a) Salvation.
(b) Safety.
(c) Faith.
(d) Purity.

Short Answer Questions

1. The authors writes in "Down at the Cross," "Yes, it does indeed mean something - something unspeakable - to be born, in a white country, and Anglo-Teutonic, antisexual country, black. You very soon, without knowing it, give up all hope of" what?

2. The author states in "Down at the Cross," "White people hold the power, which means that they are" what?

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

4. The author describes the recipient's face as being the same face of whom in "My Dungeon Shook"?

5. Where did Rudyard Kipling live?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 265 words
(approx. 1 page at 300 words per page)

View a FREE sample