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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 word from "My Dungeon Shook" means eager to fight or defiant?
(a) Cautionary.
(b) Truculent.
(c) Virulent.
(d) Conclusive.

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

3. How does the author describe the recipient's character in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) "Tough, dark, vulnerable, moody."
(b) "Calm, collected, at peace."
(c) "Reactionary, divisive, impulsive."
(d) "Kind, holy, and venerable."

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For what work is Homer most known?

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

3. What must one become "concerning destruction and death," according to the author in "My Dungeon Shook"?

4. 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?

5. The author tells the letter recipient in "My Dungeon Shook," "Take no one's word for anything, including mine--but trust" what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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