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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 does the author say can be heard in the letter recipient's father's "laughter and in his speech and in his songs" in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) Joy.
(b) Tears.
(c) Patience.
(d) Civility.

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

3. When did Charles Dickens die?
(a) 1899.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1870.

4. When was the Emancipation Proclamation issued?
(a) January 1, 1862.
(b) January 1, 1865.
(c) January 1, 1864.
(d) January 1, 1863.

5. What does the word "unassailable" mean in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) Unable to be devoured.
(b) Unable to be dissuaded.
(c) Capable of logic and enterprise.
(d) Unable to be attacked or defeated.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from "My Dungeon Shook" means eager to fight or defiant?

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

3. What does the word "impertinent" mean in the context of "My Dungeon Shook"?

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

5. When was E. Franklin Frazier elected as the first black president of the American Sociological Association?

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