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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. What word used by the author in "Down at the Cross" means relentless or unstoppable?
(a) Irredeemable.
(b) Implacable.
(c) Advanced.
(d) Cultivated.

2. The author describes the black man as being "the most despised creature in his country" with the exception of whom, in "Down at the Cross"?
(a) The Mexican immigrant.
(b) The European settler.
(c) The Muslim immigrant.
(d) The American Indian.

3. What word from "My Dungeon Shook" means great in importance, extent, or size?
(a) Pixillated.
(b) Malevolent.
(c) Monumental.
(d) Corporal.

4. Of the girls in Harlem going through adolescence, the author says in "Down at the Cross," "They understood that they must act as God's" what?
(a) "Decoys."
(b) "Love."
(c) "Angels."
(d) "Watchmen."

5. The author states in "Down at the Cross," "White people hold the power, which means that they are" what?
(a) "Inferior to blacks."
(b) "Superior to blacks."
(c) "Selfish."
(d) "Free."

Short Answer Questions

1. The author claims of white people in "My Dungeon Shook," "They are, in effect, still trapped in a history which" what?

2. What was the name of James Baldwin's adoptive father?

3. When was Charles Dickens born?

4. 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?

5. 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?

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