View a FREE sample

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. In "My Dungeon Shook," the author cites E. Franklin Frazier as describing a time when the blacks left the land and entered into what?
(a) "The urban centers of prosperity."
(b) "The cities of despair."
(c) "The cities of decadence."
(d) "The cities of destruction."

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

3. How does the author describe the letter recipient as a baby in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) He was a big baby.
(b) He was an emaciated baby.
(c) He was a mean baby.
(d) He was a small baby.

4. 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 refuse to accept the truth of the black man's superiority."
(c) "They have isolated themselves and taken strides to keep themselves as such."
(d) "They have turned their backs on the people they needed the most."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does the author claim "no one has ever accused her of being bitter" in "My Dungeon Shook"?

2. When was E. Franklin Frazier born?

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

4. 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?

5. After whom was the letter recipient named in "My Dungeon Shook"?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 322 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample