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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. The author indicates in "My Dungeon Shook" that "people find it very difficult to act on" what?
(a) "Faith."
(b) "What they've forgotten."
(c) "Intuition."
(d) "What they know."

2. How does the author describe the stock from which the letter recipient came in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) "Elegant stock."
(b) "Intelligent, handy stock."
(c) "Crafty and deceitful stock."
(d) "Sturdy, peasant stock."

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

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

5. What word from "My Dungeon Shook" refers to desire and determination to achieve success?
(a) Exultation.
(b) Deterioration.
(c) Ambition.
(d) Cultivation.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. 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"?

4. In "My Dungeon Shook," the author cites E. Franklin Frazier as describing a time when the blacks left the land and entered into what?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the author write about the words "acceptance" and "integration" in "My Dungeon Shook"?

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

4. Who is Charles Dickens and why does the author cite him in "My Dungeon Shook"?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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