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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. How does the author describe himself as a baby in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) He was a temperamental baby.
(b) He was a small baby.
(c) He was a big baby.
(d) He was an angry baby.

2. When was E. Franklin Frazier elected as the first black president of the American Sociological Association?
(a) 1932.
(b) 1948.
(c) 1944.
(d) 1956.

3. What word from "My Dungeon Shook" refers to a seemingly self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated may proved to be true?
(a) Atonement.
(b) Malaprop.
(c) Irony.
(d) Paradox.

4. How many times does the author say he has begun his letter and torn it up in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) 3 times.
(b) 5 times.
(c) 2 times.
(d) 4 times.

5. When was Charles Dickens born?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1865.
(c) 1805.
(d) 1812.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the word "unassailable" mean in "My Dungeon Shook"?

2. What did the Emancipation Proclamation proclaim?

3. How does the author describe the letter recipient as a baby in "My Dungeon Shook"?

4. How does the author conclude his letter in "My Dungeon Shook"?

5. In "My Dungeon Shook," the author cites E. Franklin Frazier as describing a time when the blacks left the land and entered into what?

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