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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 word in "My Dungeon Shook" does the author define as meaning "that we, with love, shall force our brothers to see themselves as they are, to cease fleeing from reality and begin to change it"?
(a) Compulsion.
(b) Integration.
(c) Atonement.
(d) Revenge.

2. 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?
(a) "Family and the meaning of life."
(b) "That there is fear everywhere."
(c) "Time and human pain and effort."
(d) "A sense of love, peace, and justice."

3. What is the name of the letter recipient in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) George Baldwin.
(b) James Baldwin.
(c) David Baldwin.
(d) John Baldwin.

4. To whom is the author writing in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) His father.
(b) His nephew.
(c) His brother.
(d) His son.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The author writes in "My Dungeon Shook," "This innocent country set you down" where?

2. The author tells the letter recipient in "My Dungeon Shook," "Take no one's word for anything, including mine--but trust" 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. For what work is Homer most known?

5. How does the author describe himself as a baby in "My Dungeon Shook"?

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