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 urges the letter recipient in "My Dungeon Shook" to "imagine how you would feel if you woke up one morning to find the sun shining and all the stars" what?
(a) "Aflame."
(b) "Fallen."
(c) "Black."
(d) "Gone."

2. When did E. Franklin Frazier help draft the UNESCO statement entitled The Race Question?
(a) 1946.
(b) 1950.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1947.

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

4. How does the author sign off in his letter in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) "Your brother, James."
(b) "Your uncle, James."
(c) "Your son, James."
(d) "Your father."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. The author says in "My Dungeon Shook," "We have not stopped trembling yet, but if we had not loved each other none of us would have" what?

3. What word from "My Dungeon Shook" refers to a seemingly self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated may proved to be true?

4. Where was "My Dungeon Shook" first published?

5. The author describes the recipient's face as being the same face of whom in "My Dungeon Shook"?

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