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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 "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.

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

3. Charles Dickens is regarded as the greatest novelist of what era?
(a) The Victorian era.
(b) The modernist era.
(c) The Edwardian era.
(d) The Renaissance.

4. 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) "My chains fell off."
(b) "I was engulfed."
(c) "I suddenly saw the light."
(d) "I was given faith."

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. For what work is Homer most known?

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

4. Where did Homer live?

5. How does the author describe the recipient's character in "My Dungeon Shook"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author describe the circumstances of white society and history in "My Dungeon Shook"?

2. How does the author describe his relationship with his brother in "My Dungeon Shook"?

3. How does the author suggest his nephew perceive the "details and symbols of your life" in "My Dungeon Shook"?

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

5. How does the author rally his nephew in the conclusion of "My Dungeon Shook"?

6. How is the essay "My Dungeon Shook" formatted and structured?

7. What does the author remark about love and survival in "My Dungeon Shook"?

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

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

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

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