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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. The author states in his conclusion of "My Dungeon Shook," "We cannot be free until" what?
(a) "They are free."
(b) "We are educated."
(c) "We are one."
(d) "They are dead."

2. When was E. Franklin Frazier born?
(a) 1936.
(b) 1894.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1859.

3. In "My Dungeon Shook," the author cites E. Franklin Frazier as describing a time when the blacks left the land and entered into what?
(a) "The cities of destruction."
(b) "The cities of decadence."
(c) "The urban centers of prosperity."
(d) "The cities of despair."

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

5. The author says in "My Dungeon Shook," " There is no reason for you to try to become like" what?
(a) "White people."
(b) "Your father."
(c) "Your ancestors."
(d) "Me."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What word from "My Dungeon Shook" refers to a firm upright support for a superstructure?

3. What does the author claim the black man has functioned as in the white man's world in "My Dungeon Shook"?

4. How does the author describe himself as a baby in "My Dungeon Shook"?

5. What does the author describe his ancestors picking in "My Dungeon Shook"?

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