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

2. How many times does the author say he has begun his letter and torn it up in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) 2 times.
(b) 4 times.
(c) 3 times.
(d) 5 times.

3. Of the letter recipient's father, the author says in "My Dungeon Shook," I hear in his present laughter" what?
(a) "The laughter of tomorrow."
(b) "The singing of birds of yesterday."
(c) "His laughter as a child."
(d) "The gravelly voice of our father."

4. What word from "My Dungeon Shook" means eager to fight or defiant?
(a) Virulent.
(b) Cautionary.
(c) Conclusive.
(d) Truculent.

5. What does the author claim to act is to be in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) Demanding.
(b) Committed.
(c) Impertinent.
(d) Complacent.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did E. Franklin Frazier help draft the UNESCO statement entitled The Race Question?

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

3. The author writes in "My Dungeon Shook," "You were born where you were born, and faced the future that you faced because" of what?

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

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

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