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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Showdown for Nonviolence | Our Struggle.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the African American population gained the right to vote, how many people were able to affect the shape of Congress?
(a) Four million.
(b) Three million.
(c) Two million.
(d) Eight million.

2. The _________ of the slums learned that hatred and bigotry could and should be confronted, exposed, and dealt with.
(a) Schools.
(b) Women.
(c) Churches.
(d) Children.

3. The ___________ commitment of the nonviolence movement allowed for the refusal to cooperate with evil.
(a) Gandhi.
(b) Indian.
(c) Moral.
(d) Dr. King.

4. Nonviolence seeks to win the friendship and the understanding of the __________, not his humiliation or defeat.
(a) Black man.
(b) Devil.
(c) President.
(d) Opponent.

5. Dr. King wants to point out a lot of things about the use of nonviolence. Nonviolence is not for __________, for example.
(a) Cowards.
(b) Children.
(c) Whites.
(d) Women.

Short Answer Questions

1. Dr. King fought against the stories that African Americans sought to achieve freedom through the use of __________.

2. ____________ is a means of resisting and one that requires followers to seek friendship and understanding of opponents.

3. The historic ________ ruling of the Supreme Court was nullified by the actions of the local and state governmental authorities.

4. The whites of the __________ forgot they had developed a social caste system and culture, even believing the lie.

5. Dr. King remembers working with a group of gang members from the ___________ ghettos.

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