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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. What word from "My Dungeon Shook" refers to the condition of being lower in status or quality than others?
(a) Integrity.
(b) Desolate.
(c) Inferiority.
(d) Complexity.

3. When did Rudyard Kipling live?
(a) 1899-1959.
(b) 1865-1936.
(c) 1798-1856.
(d) 1802-1880.

4. What word from "My Dungeon Shook" refers to desire and determination to achieve success?
(a) Ambition.
(b) Cultivation.
(c) Exultation.
(d) Deterioration.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whom does the author describe watching learn to walk in "My Dungeon Shook"?

3. In becoming a successful Young Minister, the author describes his rivalry with whom, in "Down at the Cross"?

4. For how long did the author remain on the pulpit as a Young Minister?

5. What does the word "impertinent" mean in the context of "My Dungeon Shook"?

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