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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The author writes in "My Dungeon Shook," "This innocent country set you down" where?
(a) "In a circle."
(b) "In a factory."
(c) "In a ghetto."
(d) "In a field of grass."

3. 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) Patience.
(c) Tears.
(d) Civility.

4. The author claims in "My Dungeon Shook" that "the danger, in the minds of most white Americans, is" what?
(a) "The loss of money."
(b) "The loss of identity."
(c) "The loss of power."
(d) "The loss of faith."

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

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

7. In "My Dungeon Shook," the author cites E. Franklin Frazier as describing a time when the blacks left the land and entered into what?
(a) "The cities of despair."
(b) "The cities of decadence."
(c) "The urban centers of prosperity."
(d) "The cities of destruction."

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

9. How does the author conclude his letter in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) "I love you, dear James, and I send my love to the family."
(b) "I will see you on the morrow."
(c) "God bless you, James, and Godspeed."
(d) "I hope that you will forgive me."

10. How does the author sign off in his letter in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) "Your brother, James."
(b) "Your son, James."
(c) "Your uncle, James."
(d) "Your father."

11. What does the author claim the black man has functioned as in the white man's world in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) A feat to stand above.
(b) A fixed star.
(c) A token of inspiration.
(d) A slave.

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

13. When did E. Franklin Frazier help draft the UNESCO statement entitled The Race Question?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1946.
(c) 1950.
(d) 1947.

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 rich."
(c) "You were black."
(d) "You were a man."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The author claims in his conclusion of "My Dungeon Shook" that "we can make America" what?

2. What U.S. President issued the Emancipation Proclamation?

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

4. Charles Dickens is regarded as the greatest novelist of what era?

5. The author says in "My Dungeon Shook," that "if you've loved anybody that long, first as an infant, then as a child, then as a man, you gain a strange perspective on" what?

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