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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When was E. Franklin Frazier elected as the first black president of the American Sociological Association?
(a) 1948.
(b) 1956.
(c) 1932.
(d) 1944.

3. The author claims in his conclusion of "My Dungeon Shook" that the country is celebrating one hundred years of freedom when?
(a) "Two hundred years too soon."
(b) "One hundred years too late."
(c) "Two hundred years too late."
(d) "One hundred years too soon."

4. How does the author describe the stock from which the letter recipient came in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) "Sturdy, peasant stock."
(b) "Intelligent, handy stock."
(c) "Crafty and deceitful stock."
(d) "Elegant stock."

5. What U.S. President issued the Emancipation Proclamation?
(a) Abraham Lincoln.
(b) Andrew Johnson.
(c) Ulysses S. Grant.
(d) James Buchanan.

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

7. The author writes in "My Dungeon Shook," "The details and symbols of your life have been deliberately constructed to make you believe" what?
(a) "That your life is fluid."
(b) "What white people say about you."
(c) "That you are destined for greatness."
(d) "That you are attainable."

8. What word in "My Dungeon Shook" does the author define as meaning "that we, with love, shall force our brothers to see themselves as they are, to cease fleeing from reality and begin to change it"?
(a) Atonement.
(b) Integration.
(c) Compulsion.
(d) Revenge.

9. The author writes in "My Dungeon Shook," "You were born into a society which spelled out with brutal clarity, and in as many ways as possible, that you were" what?
(a) "A worthless human being."
(b) "A part of the American Dream."
(c) "On the road to failure."
(d) "On a road to success."

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

11. After whom was the letter recipient named in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) After the author.
(b) After his father.
(c) After his godfather.
(d) After his grandfather.

12. What word from "My Dungeon Shook" refers to a seemingly self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated may proved to be true?
(a) Paradox.
(b) Atonement.
(c) Malaprop.
(d) Irony.

13. 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"?
(a) Joy.
(b) Civility.
(c) Tears.
(d) Patience.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Charles Dickens die?

2. Of the letter recipient's father, the author says in "My Dungeon Shook," I hear in his present laughter" what?

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

4. What does the word "unassailable" mean in "My Dungeon Shook"?

5. What is the name of the letter recipient in "My Dungeon Shook"?

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