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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "My Dungeon Shook: Letter to my Nephew on the One Hundredth Anniversary of Emancipation" – Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The author writes in "My Dungeon Shook," "The details and symbols of your life have been deliberately constructed to make you believe" what?
(a) "That your life is fluid."
(b) "That you are destined for greatness."
(c) "That you are attainable."
(d) "What white people say about you."

3. The author claims in "My Dungeon Shook" that "the danger, in the minds of most white Americans, is" what?
(a) "The loss of money."
(b) "The loss of identity."
(c) "The loss of faith."
(d) "The loss of power."

4. What does the word "impertinent" mean in the context of "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) Inexcusable.
(b) Plausible.
(c) Uncomfortable or wary.
(d) Disrespectful or rude.

5. The author writes in "My Dungeon Shook," "This innocent country set you down" where?
(a) "In a factory."
(b) "In a field of grass."
(c) "In a ghetto."
(d) "In a circle."

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times does the author say he has begun his letter and torn it up in "My Dungeon Shook"?

2. What caused the author's father's defeat in "My Dungeon Shook"?

3. The author writes to the letter recipient in "My Dungeon Shook," "You come from a long line of" what?

4. What must one become "concerning destruction and death," according to the author in "My Dungeon Shook"?

5. When was E. Franklin Frazier born?

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