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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. To whom is the author writing in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) His brother.
(b) His son.
(c) His father.
(d) His nephew.

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

3. When was the Emancipation Proclamation issued?
(a) January 1, 1863.
(b) January 1, 1862.
(c) January 1, 1864.
(d) January 1, 1865.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from "My Dungeon Shook" means eager to fight or defiant?

2. The author describes the recipient's face as being the same face of whom in "My Dungeon Shook"?

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

4. 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?

5. About how many years ago does the author describe the letter recipient being born in "My Dungeon Shook"?

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