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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) Committed.
(b) Demanding.
(c) Complacent.
(d) Impertinent.

2. Where was "My Dungeon Shook" first published?
(a) Reader's Digest.
(b) Time magazine.
(c) The New Yorker.
(d) The Progressive.

3. What does the word "impertinent" mean in the context of "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) Inexcusable.
(b) Plausible.
(c) Disrespectful or rude.
(d) Uncomfortable or wary.

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

5. Where did Charles Dickens live?
(a) England.
(b) France.
(c) Ireland.
(d) The United States.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the author describe the stock from which the letter recipient came in "My Dungeon Shook"?

2. When was E. Franklin Frazier's book The Negro Family in the United States published?

3. How does the author describe the recipient's character in "My Dungeon Shook"?

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

5. About how many years ago does the author describe the letter recipient being born in "My Dungeon Shook"?

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