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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. The author states in "Down at the Cross" that what "and heroism have been made synonymous except when it comes to blacks"?
(a) "Love."
(b) "Violence."
(c) "Power."
(d) "Strength."

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

3. How does the author sign off in his letter in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) "Your brother, James."
(b) "Your father."
(c) "Your uncle, James."
(d) "Your son, James."

4. What word from "Down at the Cross" describes a change of the form or nature of a thing or person into a completely different one?
(a) Exaltation.
(b) Metamorphosis.
(c) Propagation.
(d) Delineation.

5. The author says of one of his ancestors in "My Dungeon Shook," "One of them said, the very time I thought I was lost, my dungeon shook and" what?
(a) "My chains fell off."
(b) "I was given faith."
(c) "I suddenly saw the light."
(d) "I was engulfed."

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Emancipation Proclamation proclaim?

2. When did James Baldwin die?

3. Of the letter recipient's father, the author says in "My Dungeon Shook," "Let him laugh and I see" what?

4. The author claims in "Down at the Cross" that two things caused him to begin listening to the Muslim speakers. What was the second thing?

5. What kind of athletic career does the author describe pursuing but not succeeding at in "Down at the Cross"?

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