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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. How many times does the author say he has begun his letter and torn it up in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) 2 times.
(b) 5 times.
(c) 3 times.
(d) 4 times.

2. What word from "My Dungeon Shook" means great in importance, extent, or size?
(a) Corporal.
(b) Pixillated.
(c) Malevolent.
(d) Monumental.

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

4. To whom is the author writing in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) His brother.
(b) His father.
(c) His son.
(d) His nephew.

5. The author tells the letter recipient in "My Dungeon Shook," "Take no one's word for anything, including mine--but trust" what?
(a) "Your intelligence."
(b) "Your instincts."
(c) "Your experience."
(d) "Your soul."

Short Answer Questions

1. The author writes in "My Dungeon Shook," "The details and symbols of your life have been deliberately constructed to make you believe" what?

2. How does the author describe his father's life in "My Dungeon Shook"?

3. When was E. Franklin Frazier's book The Negro Family in the United States published?

4. How does the author describe the letter recipient as a baby in "My Dungeon Shook"?

5. The author claims in "My Dungeon Shook," "Any upheaval in the universe is terrifying because it so profoundly attacks one’s sense of" what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author define the word "integration" in the conclusion of "My Dungeon Shook"?

2. How does the author describe the circumstances of white society and history 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. Who is E. Franklin Frazier and why does the author cite him in "My Dungeon Shook"?

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

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

8. How does the author describe his mother in "My Dungeon Shook"?

9. How does the author describe his relationship with his brother 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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