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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. For what work is Homer most known?
(a) The Poet's Destiny.
(b) Julius Caesar.
(c) The Odyssey.
(d) The Cave.

2. The author writes in "My Dungeon Shook," "You were born where you were born, and faced the future that you faced because" of what?
(a) "You were a man."
(b) "You were poor."
(c) "You were rich."
(d) "You were black."

3. The author indicates in "My Dungeon Shook" that "people find it very difficult to act on" what?
(a) "What they know."
(b) "Intuition."
(c) "What they've forgotten."
(d) "Faith."

4. The author claims in his conclusion of "My Dungeon Shook" that the country is celebrating one hundred years of freedom when?
(a) "One hundred years too soon."
(b) "Two hundred years too soon."
(c) "One hundred years too late."
(d) "Two hundred years too late."

5. What word from "My Dungeon Shook" refers to extremely cruel and brutal behavior?
(a) Integrity.
(b) Apprehension.
(c) Inhumanity.
(d) Diligence.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author writes in "My Dungeon Shook," "The details and symbols of your life have been deliberately constructed to make you believe" what?

2. To whom is the author writing in "My Dungeon Shook"?

3. How does the author describe the stock from which the letter recipient came in "My Dungeon Shook"?

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

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

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