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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" means great in importance, extent, or size?
(a) Malevolent.
(b) Corporal.
(c) Monumental.
(d) Pixillated.

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

3. When was the Emancipation Proclamation issued?
(a) January 1, 1864.
(b) January 1, 1865.
(c) January 1, 1862.
(d) January 1, 1863.

4. The author says of one of his ancestors in "My Dungeon Shook," "One of them said, the very time I thought I was lost, my dungeon shook and" what?
(a) "I suddenly saw the light."
(b) "My chains fell off."
(c) "I was engulfed."
(d) "I was given faith."

5. 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 cities of despair."
(c) "The urban centers of prosperity."
(d) "The cities of destruction."

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times does the author say he has begun his letter and torn it up in "My Dungeon Shook"?

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

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

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

5. How does the author describe the letter recipient as a baby in "My Dungeon Shook"?

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