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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Who Speaks for the South? | The Burning Truth in the South.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Nonviolence arouses a sense of ________ and builds reconciliation and redemption within a society.
(a) Distrust.
(b) Shame.
(c) Fear.
(d) Truth.

2. What is NOT one of the things that Dr. King endured during his time in the Civil Rights movement?
(a) Near fatal stabbing.
(b) Poisoning.
(c) Jailing.
(d) Home bombing.

3. Dr. King saw the injustice and civil rights as an attack on __________ when he was growing up around it.
(a) Basic humanness.
(b) God.
(c) Self.
(d) Honor.

4. The problem with using violence is that it alienates the people in the ___________, those who yet have not determined that any resistance is necessary.
(a) Back.
(b) Middle.
(c) Slums.
(d) Upper society.

5. What is NOT one of the ways in which oppression is responded to, according to Dr. King?
(a) Prayer sessions.
(b) Surrender.
(c) Nonviolences.
(d) Physical violence.

Short Answer Questions

1. Men and women at this point had died for their right to ______________, with their blood on the hands of all Americans.

2. What were some groups training as they didn't quite believe that nonviolence would be able to work?

3. One of the many wonders of the boycott and the nonviolent actions was the joining of many local __________ communities.

4. The historic ________ ruling of the Supreme Court was nullified by the actions of the local and state governmental authorities.

5. Discrimination, according to Dr. King, thrives on a belief of ________________, which led to segregation.

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