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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "My Dungeon Shook: Letter to my Nephew on the One Hundredth Anniversary of Emancipation" – Part 2.

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) "The struggles you will face."
(b) "The loveless world."
(c) "The world of evil."
(d) "The madman."

2. What U.S. President issued the Emancipation Proclamation?
(a) James Buchanan.
(b) Abraham Lincoln.
(c) Ulysses S. Grant.
(d) Andrew Johnson.

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

4. What does the word "unassailable" mean in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) Unable to be dissuaded.
(b) Capable of logic and enterprise.
(c) Unable to be devoured.
(d) Unable to be attacked or defeated.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The author writes to the letter recipient in "My Dungeon Shook," "You come from a long line of" what?

2. How many times does the author say he has begun his letter and torn it up in "My Dungeon Shook"?

3. Of the letter recipient's father, the author says in "My Dungeon Shook," "Let him laugh and I see" what?

4. The author says in "My Dungeon Shook," " There is no reason for you to try to become like" what?

5. When did E. Franklin Frazier help draft the UNESCO statement entitled The Race Question?

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