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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 is the name of the letter recipient in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) James Baldwin.
(b) George Baldwin.
(c) John Baldwin.
(d) David Baldwin.

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

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) "Faith."
(d) "What they've forgotten."

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

5. How does the author conclude his letter in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) "God bless you, James, and Godspeed."
(b) "I will see you on the morrow."
(c) "I love you, dear James, and I send my love to the family."
(d) "I hope that you will forgive me."

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from "My Dungeon Shook" refers to a firm upright support for a superstructure?

2. The author claims in "My Dungeon Shook" that "the danger, in the minds of most white Americans, is" what?

3. When was E. Franklin Frazier born?

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

5. When was E. Franklin Frazier elected as the first black president of the American Sociological Association?

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