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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Trumpet of Conscience (Book).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Dr. King noted that somehow African Americans had slipped from _____ percent a man down to half a man.
(a) 60.
(b) 70.
(c) 65.
(d) 75.

2. Dr. King paid deep respects to the __________ who cherish democracy enough to join the battle for freedom.
(a) Leaders.
(b) Whites.
(c) Women.
(d) Blacks.

3. The white power structure perpetuated the __________ that African Americans were moving too fast.
(a) Myth.
(b) Speech.
(c) Law.
(d) Argument.

4. What crisis dwarfed the issues of civil rights in 1962, according to Dr. King?
(a) Cuban Missile.
(b) Korean War.
(c) Vietnam.
(d) MASH.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. __________ is a legal form of violence, but it diverts attention from the primary purpose of gaining civil rights.

2. The concern was not for those who killed the little girls, but for the __________ that shaped the murderers.

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

4. The ______________ also recognized the many men, women, and children who faced brutality in their peaceful struggle for justice.

5. What were some groups training as they didn't quite believe that nonviolence would be able to work?

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