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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 word from "My Dungeon Shook" refers to a seemingly self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated may proved to be true?
(a) Irony.
(b) Atonement.
(c) Paradox.
(d) Malaprop.

2. In "My Dungeon Shook," the author cites E. Franklin Frazier as describing a time when the blacks left the land and entered into what?
(a) "The cities of decadence."
(b) "The urban centers of prosperity."
(c) "The cities of destruction."
(d) "The cities of despair."

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

4. Where did Homer live?
(a) France.
(b) Greece.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Rome.

5. Of white people, the author says in "My Dungeon Shook," "You must accept them and accept them with" what?
(a) Faith.
(b) Resentment.
(c) Clarity.
(d) Love.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What must one become "concerning destruction and death," according to the author in "My Dungeon Shook"?

3. How does the author describe himself as a baby in "My Dungeon Shook"?

4. What word from "My Dungeon Shook" refers to desire and determination to achieve success?

5. What caused the author's father's defeat in "My Dungeon Shook"?

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