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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. Where did Charles Dickens live?
(a) France.
(b) The United States.
(c) Ireland.
(d) England.
2. The author says in "My Dungeon Shook," that "if you've loved anybody that long, first as an infant, then as a child, then as a man, you gain a strange perspective on" what?
(a) "Family and the meaning of life."
(b) "That there is fear everywhere."
(c) "Time and human pain and effort."
(d) "A sense of love, peace, and justice."
3. The author writes in "My Dungeon Shook," "You were born where you were born, and faced the future that you faced because" of what?
(a) "You were poor."
(b) "You were a man."
(c) "You were rich."
(d) "You were black."
4. 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."
5. Of the letter recipient's father, the author says in "My Dungeon Shook," I hear in his present laughter" what?
(a) "The gravelly voice of our father."
(b) "His laughter as a child."
(c) "The laughter of tomorrow."
(d) "The singing of birds of yesterday."
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the word "unassailable" mean in "My Dungeon Shook"?
2. About how many years ago does the author describe the letter recipient being born in "My Dungeon Shook"?
3. How does the author describe the stock from which the letter recipient came in "My Dungeon Shook"?
4. Whom does the author claim "no one has ever accused her of being bitter" in "My Dungeon Shook"?
5. What does the word "impertinent" mean in the context of "My Dungeon Shook"?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the author impress the importance of history on his nephew in "My Dungeon Shook"?
2. How is the essay "My Dungeon Shook" formatted and structured?
3. What does the author claim to be the only way you can be destroyed 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 does the author rally his nephew in the conclusion of "My Dungeon Shook"?
7. How is the title of the essay employed in "My Dungeon Shook"?
8. How does the author describe the temperament and attitudes of the letter recipient in "My Dungeon Shook"?
9. How has the black man functioned in the white man's world, according to Baldwin in "My Dungeon Shook"?
10. How does the author describe his relationship with his brother in "My Dungeon Shook"?
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