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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. 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.

2. What qualities does the author claim Elijah Muhammad has invested in his followers in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) Peace and humility.
(b) Caution and fear.
(c) Pride and serenity.
(d) Worry and doubt.

3. About how old does the author describe the female pastor as being when he met her in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) 65-70.
(b) 55-60.
(c) 25-30.
(d) 45-50.

4. The funeral for James Baldwin's father was on the same day of James's birthday. How old was he turning on that day?
(a) 22.
(b) 13.
(c) 19.
(d) 16.

5. Of the letter recipient's father, the author says in "My Dungeon Shook," "Let him laugh and I see" what?
(a) "A field of flowers and a vase of daisies."
(b) "A long and dark tunnel into the fear that hides behind his soul."
(c) "A grain silo sitting at the edge of the desert for no reason."
(d) "A cellar your father does not remember and a house he does not remember."

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the author sign off in his letter in "My Dungeon Shook"?

2. The author claims in "My Dungeon Shook" that "the danger, in the minds of most white Americans, is" what?

3. When did James Baldwin die?

4. The author claims in "My Dungeon Shook," "Any upheaval in the universe is terrifying because it so profoundly attacks one’s sense of" what?

5. When dd Elijah Muhammad die?

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