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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. 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) Schools.
(c) Police.
(d) Segregation.

2. Where were the African Americans allowed to sit when they took a bus to get somewhere?
(a) Hanging from the side.
(b) Front.
(c) Nowhere.
(d) Back.

3. Dr. King believed that unselfishly giving of themselves would help to develop a powerful ___________.
(a) Nation.
(b) Government.
(c) Schooling system.
(d) Family.

4. 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) White.
(c) Spiritual.
(d) Bible.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Economic power was available, according to Dr. King, to those who _____________ in this time of the world.

4. One extreme of the movement was to use Black Power to overthrow the ________________ and the whites.

5. What would have happened if African American people refused to give up their seats to a white person?

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