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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. How does the author describe the letter recipient as a baby in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) He was a small baby.
(b) He was a big baby.
(c) He was an emaciated baby.
(d) He was a mean baby.

2. When did E. Franklin Frazier help draft the UNESCO statement entitled The Race Question?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1946.
(c) 1947.
(d) 1950.

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

4. How does the author sign off in his letter in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) "Your brother, James."
(b) "Your uncle, James."
(c) "Your son, James."
(d) "Your father."

5. The author says in "My Dungeon Shook," "We have not stopped trembling yet, but if we had not loved each other none of us would have" what?
(a) "Survived."
(b) "Achieved so much."
(c) "Made it to the North."
(d) "Left."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author say can be heard in the letter recipient's father's "laughter and in his speech and in his songs" in "My Dungeon Shook"?

2. The author claims in "My Dungeon Shook," "Any upheaval in the universe is terrifying because it so profoundly attacks one’s sense of" what?

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

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

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

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