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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 writes in "My Dungeon Shook," "This innocent country set you down" where?
(a) "In a factory."
(b) "In a field of grass."
(c) "In a circle."
(d) "In a ghetto."

2. The author says in "My Dungeon Shook," " There is no reason for you to try to become like" what?
(a) "Your father."
(b) "White people."
(c) "Your ancestors."
(d) "Me."

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

4. The author describes the recipient's face as being the same face of whom in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) "Your father and my brother."
(b) "Your great-grandfather."
(c) "Your mother and grandmother."
(d) "Your mother and father."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For what work is Homer most known?

2. The author claims in "My Dungeon Shook" that "the danger, in the minds of most white Americans, is" what?

3. Where did Homer live?

4. How does the author conclude his letter in "My Dungeon Shook"?

5. When was Charles Dickens born?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What does the word "Negro" mean, and how is it applied in The Fire Next Time?

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