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

2. About how many years ago does the author describe the letter recipient being born in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) 16 years ago.
(b) 14 years ago.
(c) 10 years ago.
(d) 20 years ago.

3. Where does the author describe having dinner at Elijah Muhammad's home in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) New York.
(c) Oakland.
(d) Chicago.

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

5. What organization did W.E.B. Du Bois co-found?
(a) The Ku Klux Klan.
(b) The American Socialist Party.
(c) The American Labor Party.
(d) The NAACP.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was W.E.B. Du Bois born?

2. How does the author describe the stock from which the letter recipient came in "My Dungeon Shook"?

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

4. The author claims in his conclusion of "My Dungeon Shook" that "we can make America" what?

5. What word used by the author in "Down at the Cross" means relentless or unstoppable?

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