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

2. Dr. King believed the commitment to nonviolence would prevent an increase of ___________ in society.
(a) Hatred.
(b) Gossip.
(c) Peace.
(d) Movement.

3. The greatest moral dilemma was that in order to remain true to the gospel of Jesus, ministers needed to take a stand against __________.
(a) Laws.
(b) Police.
(c) Schools.
(d) Segregation.

4. One extreme of the movement was to use Black Power to overthrow the ________________ and the whites.
(a) Government.
(b) Churches.
(c) Banks.
(d) Nonviolent protesters.

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) African American.
(b) Spiritual.
(c) White.
(d) Bible.

Short Answer Questions

1. Southern __________ continued to fight against the civil rights measures and bills being put before them.

2. Even in their poverty, the ___________ of the United States had greater economic power strength than most countries of the world.

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

4. ___________ not only harms one physically, but it injures one spiritually, according to Dr. King.

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

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