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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 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What must one become "concerning destruction and death," according to the author in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) "Tough and philosophical."
(b) "Peaceful and analytical."
(c) "Bold and incisive."
(d) "Logical and honest."

2. About how many years ago does the author describe the letter recipient being born in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) 14 years ago.
(b) 10 years ago.
(c) 20 years ago.
(d) 16 years ago.

3. Whom does the author describe watching learn to walk in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) His nephew.
(b) His son.
(c) His grandson.
(d) His brother.

4. Of the letter recipient's father, the author says in "My Dungeon Shook," "Let him laugh and I see" what?
(a) "A field of flowers and a vase of daisies."
(b) "A cellar your father does not remember and a house he does not remember."
(c) "A grain silo sitting at the edge of the desert for no reason."
(d) "A long and dark tunnel into the fear that hides behind his soul."

5. What does the author describe his ancestors picking in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) Apples.
(b) Oranges.
(c) Tomatoes.
(d) Cotton.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of white people, the author says in "My Dungeon Shook," "You must accept them and accept them with" what?

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

3. The author claims in "My Dungeon Shook," "Any upheaval in the universe is terrifying because it so profoundly attacks one’s sense of" what?

4. The author claims in his conclusion of "My Dungeon Shook" that the country is celebrating one hundred years of freedom when?

5. For what work is Homer most known?

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