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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. What did the Emancipation Proclamation proclaim?
(a) The freedom of slaves.
(b) The right for women to vote.
(c) The right for blacks to vote.
(d) The end of segregation.

2. When was E. Franklin Frazier's book The Negro Family in the United States published?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1943.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1932.

3. 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 destruction."
(c) "The cities of decadence."
(d) "The cities of despair."

4. How does the author describe his father's life in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) Bombastic.
(b) Terrible.
(c) Ambitious.
(d) Impressive.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of the letter recipient's father, the author says in "My Dungeon Shook," I hear in his present laughter" what?

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

3. What does the author refer to as "the crime of which I accuse my country" in "My Dungeon Shook"?

4. When did Charles Dickens die?

5. When was the Emancipation Proclamation issued?

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