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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 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) Joy.
(b) Tears.
(c) Patience.
(d) Civility.

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

3. How many times does the author say he has begun his letter and torn it up in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) 5 times.
(b) 3 times.
(c) 4 times.
(d) 2 times.

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

5. 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 struggles you will face."
(c) "The madman."
(d) "The world of evil."

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the letter recipient in "My Dungeon Shook"?

2. How does the author describe his father's life in "My Dungeon Shook"?

3. Of the letter recipient's father, the author says in "My Dungeon Shook," "Let him laugh and I see" what?

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

5. In "My Dungeon Shook," the author cites E. Franklin Frazier as describing a time when the blacks left the land and entered into what?

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