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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. Of the letter recipient's father, the author says in "My Dungeon Shook," I hear in his present laughter" what?
(a) "His laughter as a child."
(b) "The singing of birds of yesterday."
(c) "The laughter of tomorrow."
(d) "The gravelly voice of our father."

2. What does the author describe feeling guilty about having in his pocket when he visited Elijah Muhammad in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) A notepad.
(b) Cigarettes.
(c) A flask of whiskey.
(d) A tape recorder.

3. Of white people, the author says in "My Dungeon Shook," "You must accept them and accept them with" what?
(a) Clarity.
(b) Resentment.
(c) Faith.
(d) Love.

4. The author writes in "Down at the Cross," "From my own point of view, the fact of the Third Reich alone makes obsolete forever any question of" what?
(a) "Black superiority."
(b) "Love."
(c) "White superiority."
(d) "Christian superiority."

5. For what work is Homer most known?
(a) Julius Caesar.
(b) The Cave.
(c) The Poet's Destiny.
(d) The Odyssey.

Short Answer Questions

1. After whom was the letter recipient named in "My Dungeon Shook"?

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?

3. In describing his dinner at Elijah Muhammad's home, the author states, "I began to see that Elijah's power came from his" what?

4. The author states in "Down at the Cross" that the "principles governing the rites and customs of the churches in which I grew up did not differ from the principles governing the rites and customs of other chuches, white. The principles were Blindness, Lonelines, and" what?

5. What award was James Baldwin given for his essay collection Nobody Knows My Name?

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