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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. Whom does the author claim "no one has ever accused her of being bitter" in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) His mother.
(b) His wife.
(c) His sister.
(d) His daughter.

2. What word from "My Dungeon Shook" means to display something?
(a) Interrogate.
(b) Delineate.
(c) Inhibit.
(d) Exhibit.

3. What does the word "assuage" from "Down at the Cross" mean?
(a) To placate.
(b) To deter.
(c) To reassure.
(d) To satisfy.

4. The author describes the birth of the letter recipient in "My Dungeon Shook," saying "here you were: to be loved. To be loved, baby, hard, at once, and forever, to strengthen you against" what?
(a) "The loveless world."
(b) "The struggles you will face."
(c) "The madman."
(d) "The world of evil."

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 father.
(c) His older brother.
(d) His uncle.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does the author describe the recipient's character in "My Dungeon Shook"?

3. The author writes in "My Dungeon Shook," "You were born into a society which spelled out with brutal clarity, and in as many ways as possible, that you were" what?

4. When did Charles Dickens die?

5. What does the author claim to act is to be in "My Dungeon Shook"?

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