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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 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Charles Dickens is regarded as the greatest novelist of what era?
(a) The Edwardian era.
(b) The modernist era.
(c) The Victorian era.
(d) The Renaissance.

2. How does the author describe the recipient's character in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) "Kind, holy, and venerable."
(b) "Reactionary, divisive, impulsive."
(c) "Tough, dark, vulnerable, moody."
(d) "Calm, collected, at peace."

3. Where did Charles Dickens live?
(a) Ireland.
(b) The United States.
(c) France.
(d) England.

4. When was Charles Dickens born?
(a) 1805.
(b) 1812.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1865.

5. 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?
(a) "Left."
(b) "Achieved so much."
(c) "Made it to the North."
(d) "Survived."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whom does the author describe watching learn to walk in "My Dungeon Shook"?

3. The author describes the birth of the letter recipient in "My Dungeon Shook," saying "here you were: to be loved. To be loved, baby, hard, at once, and forever, to strengthen you against" what?

4. Where was "My Dungeon Shook" first published?

5. When did Charles Dickens die?

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