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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 claims of white people in "My Dungeon Shook," "They are, in effect, still trapped in a history which" what?
(a) "They do not understand."
(b) "They created themselves."
(c) "They never wanted."
(d) "They cannot escape."

2. The author says of one of his ancestors in "My Dungeon Shook," "One of them said, the very time I thought I was lost, my dungeon shook and" what?
(a) "My chains fell off."
(b) "I suddenly saw the light."
(c) "I was given faith."
(d) "I was engulfed."

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

4. What word from "My Dungeon Shook" refers to desire and determination to achieve success?
(a) Exultation.
(b) Deterioration.
(c) Ambition.
(d) Cultivation.

5. The author indicates in "My Dungeon Shook" that "people find it very difficult to act on" what?
(a) "Intuition."
(b) "What they've forgotten."
(c) "What they know."
(d) "Faith."

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from "My Dungeon Shook" refers to the condition of being lower in status or quality than others?

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

3. The author claims in his conclusion of "My Dungeon Shook" that "we can make America" what?

4. What word from "My Dungeon Shook" refers to extremely cruel and brutal behavior?

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

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