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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 does the author claim to act is to be in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) Complacent.
(b) Impertinent.
(c) Demanding.
(d) Committed.

2. Charles Dickens is regarded as the greatest novelist of what era?
(a) The modernist era.
(b) The Edwardian era.
(c) The Victorian era.
(d) The Renaissance.

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

4. The author describes the recipient's face as being the same face of whom in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) "Your mother and father."
(b) "Your great-grandfather."
(c) "Your father and my brother."
(d) "Your mother and grandmother."

5. The author tells the letter recipient in "My Dungeon Shook," "Take no one's word for anything, including mine--but trust" what?
(a) "Your soul."
(b) "Your intelligence."
(c) "Your instincts."
(d) "Your experience."

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Homer live?

2. How does the author sign off in his letter in "My Dungeon Shook"?

3. What does the word "perish" mean in "My Dungeon Shook"?

4. The author claims of white people in "My Dungeon Shook," "They are, in effect, still trapped in a history which" what?

5. How does the author conclude his letter in "My Dungeon Shook"?

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