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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 must one become "concerning destruction and death," according to the author in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) "Tough and philosophical."
(b) "Logical and honest."
(c) "Peaceful and analytical."
(d) "Bold and incisive."

2. 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"?
(a) Integration.
(b) Atonement.
(c) Compulsion.
(d) Revenge.

3. The author tells the letter recipient in "My Dungeon Shook," "Take no one's word for anything, including mine--but trust" what?
(a) "Your intelligence."
(b) "Your experience."
(c) "Your instincts."
(d) "Your soul."

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Charles Dickens born?

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

3. What word from "My Dungeon Shook" refers to extremely cruel and brutal behavior?

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

5. The author writes in "My Dungeon Shook," "This innocent country set you down" where?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What paradox does the author describe in "My Dungeon Shook"?

5. How does the author describe the temperament and attitudes of the letter recipient in "My Dungeon Shook"?

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

7. What "is the danger in the minds of most white Americans," according to the author in "My Dungeon Shook"?

8. How does the author impress the importance of history on his nephew in "My Dungeon Shook"?

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

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

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