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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 1.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Of the letter recipient's father, the author says in "My Dungeon Shook," I hear in his present laughter" what?
(a) "The singing of birds of yesterday."
(b) "The gravelly voice of our father."
(c) "The laughter of tomorrow."
(d) "His laughter as a child."
2. Where was "My Dungeon Shook" first published?
(a) Reader's Digest.
(b) The New Yorker.
(c) Time magazine.
(d) The Progressive.
3. How does the author describe himself as a baby in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) He was a big baby.
(b) He was an angry baby.
(c) He was a temperamental baby.
(d) He was a small baby.
4. What does the author say can be heard in the letter recipient's father's "laughter and in his speech and in his songs" in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) Civility.
(b) Patience.
(c) Joy.
(d) Tears.
5. To whom is the author writing in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) His brother.
(b) His nephew.
(c) His son.
(d) His father.
Short Answer Questions
1. When was Charles Dickens born?
2. How does the author describe the recipient's character 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. What did the Emancipation Proclamation proclaim?
5. What is the name of the letter recipient in "My Dungeon Shook"?
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