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

2. What word from "My Dungeon Shook" refers to a firm upright support for a superstructure?
(a) Ballast.
(b) Pillar.
(c) Chattel.
(d) Mast.

3. The author claims in "My Dungeon Shook," "Any upheaval in the universe is terrifying because it so profoundly attacks one’s sense of" what?
(a) "The meaning of life."
(b) "Grief."
(c) "One's own reality."
(d) "Health and love."

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. What caused the author's father's defeat in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) "He didn't care for his family or his friends."
(b) "He was unaware of his destiny and fell behind."
(c) "He couldn't stop his temper from exploding."
(d) "He really believed what what people said about him."

Short Answer Questions

1. The author says in "My Dungeon Shook," that "if you've loved anybody that long, first as an infant, then as a child, then as a man, you gain a strange perspective on" what?

2. Charles Dickens is regarded as the greatest novelist of what era?

3. Of white people, the author says in "My Dungeon Shook," "You must accept them and accept them with" what?

4. 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?

5. When was E. Franklin Frazier's book The Negro Family in the United States published?

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