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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 author claim the black man has functioned as in the white man's world in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) A feat to stand above.
(b) A token of inspiration.
(c) A fixed star.
(d) A slave.

2. 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 mother and father."
(c) "Your mother and grandmother."
(d) "Your great-grandfather."

3. The author claims in "My Dungeon Shook," "Any upheaval in the universe is terrifying because it so profoundly attacks one’s sense of" what?
(a) "The meaning of life."
(b) "Grief."
(c) "Health and love."
(d) "One's own reality."

4. The author writes in "My Dungeon Shook," "You were born into a society which spelled out with brutal clarity, and in as many ways as possible, that you were" what?
(a) "A part of the American Dream."
(b) "On a road to success."
(c) "A worthless human being."
(d) "On the road to failure."

5. How does the author describe himself as a baby in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) He was a big baby.
(b) He was an angry baby.
(c) He was a temperamental baby.
(d) He was a small baby.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author describe his ancestors building in "My Dungeon Shook"?

2. What does the word "perish" mean in "My Dungeon Shook"?

3. What caused the author's father's defeat in "My Dungeon Shook"?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does James Baldwin describe his father's defeat 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 has the black man functioned in the white man's world, according to Baldwin in "My Dungeon Shook"?

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

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

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

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

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