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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What caused the author's father's defeat in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) "He didn't care for his family or his friends."
(b) "He couldn't stop his temper from exploding."
(c) "He really believed what what people said about him."
(d) "He was unaware of his destiny and fell behind."

2. What did the Emancipation Proclamation proclaim?
(a) The right for women to vote.
(b) The end of segregation.
(c) The right for blacks to vote.
(d) The freedom of slaves.

3. How many times does the author say he has begun his letter and torn it up in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) 4 times.
(b) 3 times.
(c) 5 times.
(d) 2 times.

4. When was E. Franklin Frazier's book The Negro Family in the United States published?
(a) 1943.
(b) 1932.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1959.

5. 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 father and my brother."
(c) "Your mother and grandmother."
(d) "Your great-grandfather."

6. To whom is the author writing in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) His father.
(b) His brother.
(c) His nephew.
(d) His son.

7. What word from "My Dungeon Shook" means great in importance, extent, or size?
(a) Malevolent.
(b) Pixillated.
(c) Corporal.
(d) Monumental.

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

9. What word from "My Dungeon Shook" means eager to fight or defiant?
(a) Truculent.
(b) Conclusive.
(c) Cautionary.
(d) Virulent.

10. When was Charles Dickens born?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1805.
(c) 1812.
(d) 1865.

11. How does the author describe the recipient's character in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) "Kind, holy, and venerable."
(b) "Reactionary, divisive, impulsive."
(c) "Calm, collected, at peace."
(d) "Tough, dark, vulnerable, moody."

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

13. Of white people, the author says in "My Dungeon Shook," "You must accept them and accept them with" what?
(a) Love.
(b) Faith.
(c) Clarity.
(d) Resentment.

14. The author writes in "My Dungeon Shook," "You were born where you were born, and faced the future that you faced because" of what?
(a) "You were poor."
(b) "You were a man."
(c) "You were rich."
(d) "You were black."

15. What is the name of the letter recipient in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) George Baldwin.
(b) James Baldwin.
(c) John Baldwin.
(d) David Baldwin.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the author describe himself as a baby in "My Dungeon Shook"?

2. 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"?

3. What does the author claim the black man has functioned as in the white man's world in "My Dungeon Shook"?

4. The author states in his conclusion of "My Dungeon Shook," "We cannot be free until" what?

5. When was E. Franklin Frazier elected as the first black president of the American Sociological Association?

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