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 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does the author sign off in his letter in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) "Your brother, James."
(b) "Your uncle, James."
(c) "Your son, James."
(d) "Your father."

3. What word from "My Dungeon Shook" means to display something?
(a) Delineate.
(b) Inhibit.
(c) Interrogate.
(d) Exhibit.

4. When was E. Franklin Frazier born?
(a) 1859.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1894.
(d) 1936.

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

Short Answer 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?

2. What word from "My Dungeon Shook" refers to the condition of being lower in status or quality than others?

3. What U.S. President issued the Emancipation Proclamation?

4. The author writes to the letter recipient in "My Dungeon Shook," "You come from a long line of" what?

5. The author writes in "My Dungeon Shook," "You were born where you were born, and faced the future that you faced because" of what?

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