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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. 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?
(a) "The loveless world."
(b) "The madman."
(c) "The world of evil."
(d) "The struggles you will face."

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

3. When did E. Franklin Frazier help draft the UNESCO statement entitled The Race Question?
(a) 1947.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1946.
(d) 1950.

4. What does the author say can be heard in the letter recipient's father's "laughter and in his speech and in his songs" in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) Patience.
(b) Joy.
(c) Civility.
(d) Tears.

5. How does the author describe himself as a baby in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) He was a small baby.
(b) He was an angry baby.
(c) He was a temperamental baby.
(d) He was a big baby.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Charles Dickens born?

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

3. How does the author describe the recipient's character in "My Dungeon Shook"?

4. How does the author describe the letter recipient as a baby in "My Dungeon Shook"?

5. When was E. Franklin Frazier born?

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