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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. How many times does the author say he has begun his letter and torn it up in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) 3 times.
(b) 4 times.
(c) 5 times.
(d) 2 times.

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

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

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) "That there is fear everywhere."
(b) "Family and the meaning of life."
(c) "Time and human pain and effort."
(d) "A sense of love, peace, and justice."

8. How does the author conclude his letter in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) "I love you, dear James, and I send my love to the family."
(b) "I hope that you will forgive me."
(c) "I will see you on the morrow."
(d) "God bless you, James, and Godspeed."

9. The author says of one of his ancestors in "My Dungeon Shook," "One of them said, the very time I thought I was lost, my dungeon shook and" what?
(a) "My chains fell off."
(b) "I was engulfed."
(c) "I suddenly saw the light."
(d) "I was given faith."

10. What word from "My Dungeon Shook" means eager to fight or defiant?
(a) Virulent.
(b) Conclusive.
(c) Truculent.
(d) Cautionary.

11. What does the author refer to as "the crime of which I accuse my country" in "My Dungeon Shook"?
(a) "They have isolated themselves and taken strides to keep themselves as such."
(b) "They have destroyed and are destroying hundreds of thousands of lives."
(c) "They refuse to accept the truth of the black man's superiority."
(d) "They have turned their backs on the people they needed the most."

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

13. The author claims in his conclusion of "My Dungeon Shook" that the country is celebrating one hundred years of freedom when?
(a) "One hundred years too late."
(b) "One hundred years too soon."
(c) "Two hundred years too soon."
(d) "Two hundred years too late."

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

15. 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) "His laughter as a child."
(c) "The gravelly voice of our father."
(d) "The laughter of tomorrow."

Short Answer Questions

1. The author writes in "My Dungeon Shook," "This innocent country set you down" where?

2. What word from "My Dungeon Shook" refers to a seemingly self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated may proved to be true?

3. The author writes in "My Dungeon Shook," "You were born into a society which spelled out with brutal clarity, and in as many ways as possible, that you were" what?

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

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

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