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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) George Baldwin.
(b) James Baldwin.
(c) David Baldwin.
(d) John Baldwin.

2. When did Charles Dickens die?
(a) 1899.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1870.

3. The author urges the letter recipient in "My Dungeon Shook" to "imagine how you would feel if you woke up one morning to find the sun shining and all the stars" what?
(a) "Gone."
(b) "Aflame."
(c) "Black."
(d) "Fallen."

4. 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 mean baby.
(c) He was a big baby.
(d) He was an emaciated baby.

5. How does the author describe himself as a baby in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) He was a small baby.
(b) He was a temperamental baby.
(c) He was a big baby.
(d) He was an angry baby.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was E. Franklin Frazier born?

2. When was Charles Dickens born?

3. For what work is Homer most known?

4. What word from "My Dungeon Shook" refers to a seemingly self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated may proved to be true?

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

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