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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 to display something?
(a) Inhibit.
(b) Exhibit.
(c) Interrogate.
(d) Delineate.

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

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

4. What does the word "perish" mean in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) To expel.
(b) To die.
(c) To enliven.
(d) To distinguish.

5. Whom does the author describe watching learn to walk in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) His nephew.
(b) His son.
(c) His brother.
(d) His grandson.

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

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

8. The author says in "My Dungeon Shook," " There is no reason for you to try to become like" what?
(a) "White people."
(b) "Me."
(c) "Your father."
(d) "Your ancestors."

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

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

11. The author describes the recipient's face as being the same face of whom in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) "Your great-grandfather."
(b) "Your mother and father."
(c) "Your mother and grandmother."
(d) "Your father and my brother."

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

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

14. Whom does the author claim "no one has ever accused her of being bitter" in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) His mother.
(b) His daughter.
(c) His sister.
(d) His wife.

15. 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 you are attainable."
(b) "What white people say about you."
(c) "That you are destined for greatness."
(d) "That your life is fluid."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author describe his ancestors building in "My Dungeon Shook"?

2. When was E. Franklin Frazier born?

3. 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"?

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

5. Of white people, the author says in "My Dungeon Shook," "You must accept them and accept them with" what?

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