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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. The personal experiences of Dr. King allowed him to develop a faith and a belief in the reality of a personal __________.
(a) Honor.
(b) Truth.
(c) Code.
(d) God.

2. Dr. King believed the government was playing a game of Russian roulette with the _________ each summer.
(a) Congressional hearings.
(b) Protests.
(c) Riots.
(d) Laws.

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

4. What were some groups training as they didn't quite believe that nonviolence would be able to work?
(a) Bomb building.
(b) Militias.
(c) Language skills.
(d) Students.

5. 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) Upper society.
(b) Back.
(c) Middle.
(d) Slums.

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. The movement of African American students to gain access to ______________ across the nation was a newer event.

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

4. The students began to lose their fear of the ___________ wielded by the white majority and were looking to build brotherhood.

5. The ___________ commitment of the nonviolence movement allowed for the refusal to cooperate with evil.

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