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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 word from "Down at the Cross" refers to a confusing and difficult problem or question?
(a) Diaspora.
(b) Interrogation.
(c) Irony.
(d) Conundrum.

2. What does the author say "catches up with kingdoms and crushes them" in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) "Power."
(b) "Judgment."
(c) "Time."
(d) "God."

3. Who is quoted as having said "It is better to marry than to burn" in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) St. Paul.
(b) St. George.
(c) St. Andrew.
(d) St. Peter.

4. What caused the author's father's defeat in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) "He was unaware of his destiny and fell behind."
(b) "He didn't care for his family or his friends."
(c) "He really believed what what people said about him."
(d) "He couldn't stop his temper from exploding."

5. In becoming a successful Young Minister, the author describes his rivalry with whom, in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) His younger brother.
(b) His uncle.
(c) His father.
(d) His older brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the author describe assuring Americans that a Negro can become President in forty years in "Down at the Cross"?

2. After whom was the letter recipient named in "My Dungeon Shook"?

3. How does the author describe female segregated restrooms in "Down at the Cross"?

4. What does the word "impertinent" mean in the context of "My Dungeon Shook"?

5. 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?

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