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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. When was the Emancipation Proclamation issued?
(a) January 1, 1864.
(b) January 1, 1863.
(c) January 1, 1862.
(d) January 1, 1865.

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

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

4. 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."

5. When was E. Franklin Frazier born?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1859.
(c) 1936.
(d) 1894.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the author describe the stock from which the letter recipient came in "My Dungeon Shook"?

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?

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?

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

5. About how many years ago does the author describe the letter recipient being born in "My Dungeon Shook"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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