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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Birmingham and the March on Washington, 1963.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Before the March, there were leaks from the FBI claiming that the March was being fueled by whom?
(a) The Republican Party.
(b) The Democratic Party.
(c) The Green Party.
(d) The Communist Party.

2. What did the NAACP tell its members?
(a) Not to participate in SNCC activities.
(b) It was turning to violent protests.
(c) King was trying to undermine the NAACP.
(d) It was disbanding in Albany.

3. Why did Rustin resign?
(a) He was recovering from stab wounds after a woman attacked him.
(b) He was angry with King about the direction of the SCLC.
(c) Rustin was caught at a communist meeting.
(d) Clayton threatened to say that Rustin and King were lovers.

4. King was accused of what by the state of Alabama?
(a) Perjury for lying on a state tax return.
(b) A hit and run accident.
(c) Unlawful mob action.
(d) Stealing from the SCLC.

5. Who advised King to distance himself from Levison?
(a) Coretta Scott King.
(b) Ralph Abernathy.
(c) Richard Nixon.
(d) Robert Kennedy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Martin Luther King, Jr. was the pastor of what church?

2. King was arrested when he tried to attend the trial of whose assailant?

3. On February 1, 1960, how many students staged a sit-in at a lunch counter in Greensboro?

4. Who paid King and Abernathy's fine?

5. Which country did King attend the independence ceremonies in?

(see the answer key)

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