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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. Who founded the Nation of Islam?
(a) Assata Shakur.
(b) James Whitney.
(c) Wallace D. Ford.
(d) Malcolm X.

2. When was the Emancipation Proclamation issued?
(a) January 1, 1864.
(b) January 1, 1862.
(c) January 1, 1863.
(d) January 1, 1865.

3. What word from "Down at the Cross" refers to a political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular desires and prejudices rather than by using rational argument?
(a) Demagogue.
(b) Antagonist.
(c) Pedagogue.
(d) Protagonist.

4. For what work is Homer most known?
(a) The Cave.
(b) The Poet's Destiny.
(c) The Odyssey.
(d) Julius Caesar.

5. The author tells the letter recipient in "My Dungeon Shook," "Take no one's word for anything, including mine--but trust" what?
(a) "Your instincts."
(b) "Your soul."
(c) "Your experience."
(d) "Your intelligence."

Short Answer Questions

1. What award was James Baldwin given for his essay collection Nobody Knows My Name?

2. What does the word "bulwark" mean in "Down at the Cross"?

3. The author assers in "Down at the Cross," "Color is not a human or a personal reality; it is" what?

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?

5. The funeral for James Baldwin's father was on the same day of James's birthday. How old was he turning on that day?

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