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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 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?
(a) "A part of the American Dream."
(b) "A worthless human being."
(c) "On a road to success."
(d) "On the road to failure."

2. What does the author refer to as "the crime of which I accuse my country" in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) "They refuse to accept the truth of the black man's superiority."
(b) "They have turned their backs on the people they needed the most."
(c) "They have isolated themselves and taken strides to keep themselves as such."
(d) "They have destroyed and are destroying hundreds of thousands of lives."

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

4. How does the author describe the stock from which the letter recipient came in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) "Sturdy, peasant stock."
(b) "Crafty and deceitful stock."
(c) "Elegant stock."
(d) "Intelligent, handy stock."

5. The author writes in "My Dungeon Shook," "This innocent country set you down" where?
(a) "In a circle."
(b) "In a ghetto."
(c) "In a field of grass."
(d) "In a factory."

Short Answer Questions

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

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 is the name of the letter recipient in "My Dungeon Shook"?

4. Where did Charles Dickens live?

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

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