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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 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. About how many years ago does the author describe the letter recipient being born in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) 14 years ago.
(b) 10 years ago.
(c) 16 years ago.
(d) 20 years ago.

3. Where was "My Dungeon Shook" first published?
(a) Time magazine.
(b) The Progressive.
(c) The New Yorker.
(d) Reader's Digest.

4. Whom does the author claim "no one has ever accused her of being bitter" in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) His wife.
(b) His daughter.
(c) His mother.
(d) His sister.

5. After whom was the letter recipient named in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) After the author.
(b) After his godfather.
(c) After his father.
(d) After his grandfather.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does the author describe watching learn to walk in "My Dungeon Shook"?

2. Of the letter recipient's father, the author says in "My Dungeon Shook," "Let him laugh and I see" what?

3. When was the Emancipation Proclamation issued?

4. How does the author describe his father's life in "My Dungeon Shook"?

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

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