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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 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author assert about life in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) "Life is a mystery."
(b) "Life is a struggle."
(c) "Life is all there is."
(d) "Life is tragic."

2. What does the author say can be heard in the letter recipient's father's "laughter and in his speech and in his songs" in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) Patience.
(b) Tears.
(c) Joy.
(d) Civility.

3. What does the word "bulwark" mean in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) A rope attached to a roof.
(b) A defensive wall.
(c) A fencing sword.
(d) A chain.

4. The author writes in "My Dungeon Shook," "You were born where you were born, and faced the future that you faced because" of what?
(a) "You were poor."
(b) "You were rich."
(c) "You were a man."
(d) "You were black."

5. What word from "Down at the Cross" means impossible to stop or prevent?
(a) Inexorable.
(b) Inexcusable.
(c) Plausible.
(d) Deplorable.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from "My Dungeon Shook" refers to desire and determination to achieve success?

2. What does the author claim to be "the only fact we have" in "Down at the Cross"?

3. The author indicates in "My Dungeon Shook" that "people find it very difficult to act on" what?

4. When was the Emancipation Proclamation issued?

5. When was E. Franklin Frazier elected as the first black president of the American Sociological Association?

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