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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 faith."
(c) "The loss of power."
(d) "The loss of identity."

2. The author claims in his conclusion of "My Dungeon Shook" that "we can make America" what?
(a) "Better than it has ever been."
(b) "Great again."
(c) "A beacon of yesterday."
(d) "What America must become."

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

4. Of the letter recipient's father, the author says in "My Dungeon Shook," "Let him laugh and I see" what?
(a) "A field of flowers and a vase of daisies."
(b) "A long and dark tunnel into the fear that hides behind his soul."
(c) "A cellar your father does not remember and a house he does not remember."
(d) "A grain silo sitting at the edge of the desert for no reason."

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

6. What does the word "unassailable" mean in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) Unable to be attacked or defeated.
(b) Capable of logic and enterprise.
(c) Unable to be dissuaded.
(d) Unable to be devoured.

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

8. When was the Emancipation Proclamation issued?
(a) January 1, 1865.
(b) January 1, 1864.
(c) January 1, 1862.
(d) January 1, 1863.

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

10. The author claims in "My Dungeon Shook," "Any upheaval in the universe is terrifying because it so profoundly attacks one’s sense of" what?
(a) "Grief."
(b) "The meaning of life."
(c) "Health and love."
(d) "One's own reality."

11. Of the letter recipient's father, the author says in "My Dungeon Shook," I hear in his present laughter" what?
(a) "The gravelly voice of our father."
(b) "The laughter of tomorrow."
(c) "His laughter as a child."
(d) "The singing of birds of yesterday."

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

13. The author says in "My Dungeon Shook," "We have not stopped trembling yet, but if we had not loved each other none of us would have" what?
(a) "Survived."
(b) "Achieved so much."
(c) "Made it to the North."
(d) "Left."

14. The author writes to the letter recipient in "My Dungeon Shook," "You come from a long line of" what?
(a) "Carpenters."
(b) "Poets."
(c) "Teachers."
(d) "Slaves."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from "My Dungeon Shook" means to display something?

2. The author describes the recipient's face as being the same face of whom in "My Dungeon Shook"?

3. What word from "My Dungeon Shook" refers to a firm upright support for a superstructure?

4. The author writes in "My Dungeon Shook," "You were born where you were born, and faced the future that you faced because" of what?

5. When did E. Franklin Frazier help draft the UNESCO statement entitled The Race Question?

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