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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 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author describe his ancestors building in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) Factories.
(b) Railroads.
(c) Skyscrapers.
(d) Cars.

2. After whom was the letter recipient named in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) After the author.
(b) After his grandfather.
(c) After his father.
(d) After his godfather.

3. What word from "My Dungeon Shook" refers to a firm upright support for a superstructure?
(a) Ballast.
(b) Mast.
(c) Pillar.
(d) Chattel.

4. When was E. Franklin Frazier elected as the first black president of the American Sociological Association?
(a) 1932.
(b) 1956.
(c) 1944.
(d) 1948.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was E. Franklin Frazier born?

2. As the author describes growing up in Harlem in "Down at the Cross," he says, "In the same way that the girls were destined to gain as much weight as their mothers, the boys, it was clear, would" what?

3. To whom is the author writing in "My Dungeon Shook"?

4. Of the letter recipient's father, the author says in "My Dungeon Shook," I hear in his present laughter" what?

5. About how old does the author describe the female pastor as being when he met her in "Down at the Cross"?

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