View a FREE sample

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 was "My Dungeon Shook" first published?
(a) The New Yorker.
(b) Reader's Digest.
(c) The Progressive.
(d) Time magazine.

2. How does the author sign off in his letter in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) "Your brother, James."
(b) "Your son, James."
(c) "Your father."
(d) "Your uncle, James."

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

4. What does the author describe his ancestors building in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) Factories.
(b) Railroads.
(c) Skyscrapers.
(d) Cars.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After whom was the letter recipient named in "My Dungeon Shook"?

2. Of white people, the author says in "My Dungeon Shook," "You must accept them and accept them with" what?

3. The author claims in his conclusion of "My Dungeon Shook" that "we can make America" what?

4. The author claims of white people in "My Dungeon Shook," "They are, in effect, still trapped in a history which" what?

5. The author indicates in "My Dungeon Shook" that "people find it very difficult to act on" what?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 216 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample