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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letter from Birmingham Jail.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Clarence Jones tell MLK had raised fifty thousand dollars for bail bonds?
(a) Harry Belafonte.
(b) Arthur Shores.
(c) Wyatt Walker.
(d) Orzell Billingsley.

2. What was one of the most important parts of the mass meetings according to MLK?
(a) The recognition of leaders.
(b) The freedom songs.
(c) The education of the volunteers.
(d) The togetherness of the Negro community.

3. In Letter from Birmingham Jail, what word does MLK confess he is not afraid of?
(a) Tension.
(b) Violence.
(c) Hate.
(d) Adversary.

4. The Negro Revolution is described as generating quietly just like what?
(a) An ocean wave.
(b) Lightning.
(c) A river.
(d) An earthquake.

5. Who is the person in Bull Connor's Birmingham that had been jailed several times and had had his home and church damaged by bombs?
(a) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(b) Bull Conner.
(c) Fred Shuttlesworth.
(d) Edward Gardner.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did MLK hope would have been in the running of the run-off vote?

2. Where are the headquarters of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference located?

3. What book was MLK autographing copies of in "The Negro Revolution-Why 1963?"

4. What does MLK talk about in "The Negro Revolution-Why 1963" that celebrates it's 100th birthday in 1963?

5. During the time of slavery, why would a Negro cook agree with their white owners instead of defending themselves?

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