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

2. What does the author refer to as "the crime of which I accuse my country" in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) "They refuse to accept the truth of the black man's superiority."
(b) "They have destroyed and are destroying hundreds of thousands of lives."
(c) "They have turned their backs on the people they needed the most."
(d) "They have isolated themselves and taken strides to keep themselves as such."

3. The author writes in "Down at the Cross," "From my own point of view, the fact of the Third Reich alone makes obsolete forever any question of" what?
(a) "Love."
(b) "Christian superiority."
(c) "Black superiority."
(d) "White superiority."

4. What word from "My Dungeon Shook" means to display something?
(a) Delineate.
(b) Exhibit.
(c) Inhibit.
(d) Interrogate.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The author writes in "Down at the Cross" that "the social treatment accorded even the most successful Negroes proved that one needed, in order to be free, something more than a bank account. One needed" what?

2. What does the author say "catches up with kingdoms and crushes them" in "Down at the Cross"?

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

4. When did Rudyard Kipling live?

5. The author states in his conclusion of "My Dungeon Shook," "We cannot be free until" what?

(see the answer key)

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