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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Sword That Heals.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Negro Revolution - Why 1963," MLK states that the nation had come to count on the Negro to wait how?
(a) Without question.
(b) Patiently.
(c) Willingly.
(d) Nervously.

2. In 1963, MLK states that the Negro dared to do what for the first time?
(a) Take their children on a march.
(b) Stand up for injustice.
(c) Look back at a white man, eye to eye.
(d) Talk back to a white man.

3. What does MLK claim is the "sword that heals"?
(a) Civil Rights.
(b) Equality.
(c) Nonviolence.
(d) Integration.

4. At the beginning of 1963, how many negro students were attending integrated schools?
(a) 4 per cent.
(b) 9 per cent.
(c) 10 per cent.
(d) 13 per cent.

5. What does MLK say the extremists were saying while the conservatives were saying, "let us not move so fast"?
(a) "Let us go out and whip the world."
(b) "Let us go out and stand tall in front of the white man."
(c) "Let us go out and take a stand against those who have wronged us."
(d) "Let us go out and fight until death."

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Sword That Heals," MLK mentions that Negroes had to face the fact that in the South they have to move without what?

2. According to MLK in "The Sword That Heals," a southern state police officer is rarely punished for what?

3. In "The Sword That Heals," what does MLK mention was no longer a disgrace, but a badge of honor?

4. By 1963, more than how many African nations had risen from colonial bondage?

5. MLK states that "Undeniably, the Negro had been an object of sympathy and wore" what type of scars?

(see the answer key)

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