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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) Laughed.
(c) United.
(d) Believed.

2. ___________ not only harms one physically, but it injures one spiritually, according to Dr. King.
(a) Segregation.
(b) Desegregation.
(c) Integration.
(d) Pain.

3. America was fortunate, Dr. King said, that the strength of African American protesters was tempered by a sense of _____________.
(a) Violence.
(b) Truth.
(c) Responsibility.
(d) Witness.

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

5. 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) African Americans.
(d) Whites.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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.

2. The white power structure perpetuated the __________ that African Americans were moving too fast.

3. Dr. King believed the commitment to nonviolence would prevent an increase of ___________ in society.

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

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

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