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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through I See the Promised Land | Letter from Birmingham CityJail.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. There was an obligation to ensure that all __________________ participated in the enforcement and creative innovations freeing all citizens.
(a) People.
(b) Whites.
(c) Federal agencies.
(d) Women.

2. What would have happened if African American people refused to give up their seats to a white person?
(a) They were removed from the bus.
(b) They were arrested.
(c) They were killed.
(d) They were ignored.

3. Even in their poverty, the ___________ of the United States had greater economic power strength than most countries of the world.
(a) Children.
(b) Poor.
(c) Whites.
(d) African Americans.

4. Economic power was available, according to Dr. King, to those who _____________ in this time of the world.
(a) United.
(b) Believed.
(c) Laughed.
(d) Smiled.

5. Dr. King asked people around him to pray for peace and justice in the world as the Civil Rights movement was a __________ movement as well.
(a) White.
(b) Spiritual.
(c) Bible.
(d) African American.

Short Answer Questions

1. Dr. King believed that unselfishly giving of themselves would help to develop a powerful ___________.

2. America was fortunate, Dr. King said, that the strength of African American protesters was tempered by a sense of _____________.

3. Token _________ are not satisfactory ends, according to Dr. King and to his writing and his speeches.

4. The nonviolent actions were intended to bring attention to the ______________ affecting the African American population.

5. Dr. King wanted to point out that: "Injustice anywhere is a threat to ___________ everywhere."

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