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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. When was E. Franklin Frazier elected as the first black president of the American Sociological Association?
(a) 1948.
(b) 1944.
(c) 1932.
(d) 1956.

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

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

4. How does the author conclude his letter in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) "I will see you on the morrow."
(b) "I love you, dear James, and I send my love to the family."
(c) "God bless you, James, and Godspeed."
(d) "I hope that you will forgive me."

5. Of the letter recipient's father, the author says in "My Dungeon Shook," "Let him laugh and I see" what?
(a) "A long and dark tunnel into the fear that hides behind his soul."
(b) "A cellar your father does not remember and a house he does not remember."
(c) "A field of flowers and a vase of daisies."
(d) "A grain silo sitting at the edge of the desert for no reason."

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from "My Dungeon Shook" refers to a seemingly self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated may proved to be true?

2. What is the name of the letter recipient in "My Dungeon Shook"?

3. What does the author describe his ancestors building in "My Dungeon Shook"?

4. When did Rudyard Kipling live?

5. What must one become "concerning destruction and death," according to the author in "My Dungeon Shook"?

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