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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 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author describe his ancestors picking in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) Apples.
(b) Cotton.
(c) Tomatoes.
(d) Oranges.

2. The author urges the letter recipient in "My Dungeon Shook" to "imagine how you would feel if you woke up one morning to find the sun shining and all the stars" what?
(a) "Black."
(b) "Gone."
(c) "Fallen."
(d) "Aflame."

3. What word from "Down at the Cross" refers to a political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular desires and prejudices rather than by using rational argument?
(a) Pedagogue.
(b) Antagonist.
(c) Demagogue.
(d) Protagonist.

4. How many times does the author say he has begun his letter and torn it up in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) 4 times.
(b) 5 times.
(c) 2 times.
(d) 3 times.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author describe feeling guilty about having in his pocket when he visited Elijah Muhammad in "Down at the Cross"?

2. Where was "My Dungeon Shook" first published?

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. The author describes the recipient's face as being the same face of whom in "My Dungeon Shook"?

5. Where did Homer live?

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