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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was E. Franklin Frazier elected as the first black president of the American Sociological Association?
(a) 1944.
(b) 1932.
(c) 1956.
(d) 1948.

2. The author says in "My Dungeon Shook," "We have not stopped trembling yet, but if we had not loved each other none of us would have" what?
(a) "Left."
(b) "Survived."
(c) "Achieved so much."
(d) "Made it to the North."

3. The author writes to the letter recipient in "My Dungeon Shook," "You come from a long line of" what?
(a) "Teachers."
(b) "Carpenters."
(c) "Poets."
(d) "Slaves."

4. When was E. Franklin Frazier's book The Negro Family in the United States published?
(a) 1943.
(b) 1932.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1959.

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

6. 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) Tears.
(b) Civility.
(c) Patience.
(d) Joy.

7. The author says in "My Dungeon Shook," that "if you've loved anybody that long, first as an infant, then as a child, then as a man, you gain a strange perspective on" what?
(a) "Family and the meaning of life."
(b) "Time and human pain and effort."
(c) "That there is fear everywhere."
(d) "A sense of love, peace, and justice."

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

9. The author states in his conclusion of "My Dungeon Shook," "We cannot be free until" what?
(a) "We are one."
(b) "They are dead."
(c) "They are free."
(d) "We are educated."

10. How does the author describe himself as a baby in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) He was an angry baby.
(b) He was a big baby.
(c) He was a temperamental baby.
(d) He was a small baby.

11. What word from "My Dungeon Shook" refers to the condition of being lower in status or quality than others?
(a) Inferiority.
(b) Complexity.
(c) Desolate.
(d) Integrity.

12. In "My Dungeon Shook," the author cites E. Franklin Frazier as describing a time when the blacks left the land and entered into what?
(a) "The cities of despair."
(b) "The cities of destruction."
(c) "The urban centers of prosperity."
(d) "The cities of decadence."

13. When did E. Franklin Frazier help draft the UNESCO statement entitled The Race Question?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1946.
(c) 1950.
(d) 1947.

14. What word from "My Dungeon Shook" refers to desire and determination to achieve success?
(a) Ambition.
(b) Cultivation.
(c) Deterioration.
(d) Exultation.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The author tells the letter recipient in "My Dungeon Shook," "Take no one's word for anything, including mine--but trust" what?

3. What word in "My Dungeon Shook" does the author define as meaning "that we, with love, shall force our brothers to see themselves as they are, to cease fleeing from reality and begin to change it"?

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

5. What does the author describe his ancestors building in "My Dungeon Shook"?

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