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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. Where did Homer live?
(a) Greece.
(b) France.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Rome.

2. The author describes the recipient's face as being the same face of whom in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) "Your great-grandfather."
(b) "Your mother and father."
(c) "Your mother and grandmother."
(d) "Your father and my brother."

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

4. How does the author describe the stock from which the letter recipient came in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) "Crafty and deceitful stock."
(b) "Elegant stock."
(c) "Sturdy, peasant stock."
(d) "Intelligent, handy stock."

5. When did Charles Dickens die?
(a) 1870.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1899.
(d) 1945.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from "My Dungeon Shook" refers to the condition of being lower in status or quality than others?

2. What word from "My Dungeon Shook" refers to desire and determination to achieve success?

3. What did the Emancipation Proclamation proclaim?

4. What does the author claim the black man has functioned as in the white man's world in "My Dungeon Shook"?

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

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