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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author describes the birth of the letter recipient in "My Dungeon Shook," saying "here you were: to be loved. To be loved, baby, hard, at once, and forever, to strengthen you against" what?

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

3. How does the author describe the recipient's character in "My Dungeon Shook"?

4. What does the author claim to act is to be 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. How does the author describe his mother in "My Dungeon Shook"?

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

4. What "is the danger in the minds of most white Americans," according to the author in "My Dungeon Shook"?

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

6. How is the title of the essay employed in "My Dungeon Shook"?

7. How does the author rally his nephew in the conclusion of "My Dungeon Shook"?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the differences in approach toward equality by Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X and Elijah Muhammad. What are the differences in the ideologies of these individuals? How did they propose change? Whose methods were more effective in your opinion? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the concepts of "segregation," "integration," and "acceptance" in The Fire Next Time. How does the author define these terms in his essays? What is the importance of integration and acceptance moving forward in striving for equality?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the theme of exploitation in "Down at the Cross." How does the author feel religions tend to exploit their followers? Does he believe this is true both in white society and in African American society? What are examples of the exploitation of the church?

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