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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the word "impertinent" mean in the context of "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) Inexcusable.
(b) Disrespectful or rude.
(c) Plausible.
(d) Uncomfortable or wary.

2. The author says of one of his ancestors in "My Dungeon Shook," "One of them said, the very time I thought I was lost, my dungeon shook and" what?
(a) "I suddenly saw the light."
(b) "My chains fell off."
(c) "I was engulfed."
(d) "I was given faith."

3. What word from "My Dungeon Shook" refers to the condition of being lower in status or quality than others?
(a) Desolate.
(b) Integrity.
(c) Complexity.
(d) Inferiority.

4. Where did Charles Dickens live?
(a) The United States.
(b) France.
(c) Ireland.
(d) England.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the Emancipation Proclamation issued?

2. How does the author describe the letter recipient as a baby in "My Dungeon Shook"?

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

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. For what work is Homer most known?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author describe aspirations toward excellence or mediocrity in "My Dungeon Shook"?

2. Why does James Baldwin claim to have re-started his letter numerous times in "My Dungeon Shook"?

3. What does Baldwin claim to be "the root of my dispute with my country" in "My Dungeon Shook"?

4. What does the author claim to be the only way you can be destroyed in "My Dungeon Shook"?

5. How has the black man functioned in the white man's world, according to Baldwin in "My Dungeon Shook"?

6. How is the title of the essay employed in "My Dungeon Shook"?

7. How does James Baldwin describe his father's defeat in "My Dungeon Shook"?

8. What does the author say the world has done to his brother in "My Dungeon Shook"?

9. Who is E. Franklin Frazier and why does the author cite him in "My Dungeon Shook"?

10. How does the author define the word "integration" in the conclusion of "My Dungeon Shook"?

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