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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. MLK states that "academic freedom is a reality today" because who practiced civil disobedience?
(a) Socrates.
(b) Archelaus.
(c) Plato.
(d) Aristotle.

2. What did Birmingham give up when they decided to close down the parks instead of having them integrated?
(a) Their golf team.
(b) Their baseball team.
(c) Their soccer team.
(d) Their football team.

3. During the time of slavery, why would a Negro cook agree with their white owners instead of defending themselves?
(a) Because they would be sold to another owner.
(b) Because they would lose their job.
(c) Because they wouldn't be able to live in the master's house.
(d) Because they would not get to see their family.

4. When Negros went to work they would eat in separate places and use what things labeled "colored"?
(a) The water fountain and tables.
(b) The lunch counter and water fountain.
(c) The water fountain and lavatory.
(d) Tables and lavatory.

5. In 1963, MLK states that the Negro dared to do what for the first time?
(a) Talk back to a white man.
(b) Take their children on a march.
(c) Stand up for injustice.
(d) Look back at a white man, eye to eye.

Short Answer Questions

1. In MLK's description of the "armies" that were marching in Birmingham, who does he say that doctors marched with?

2. MLK describes having to tell his six-year-old daughter something with stammered speech. What is it he's talking about having to tell "your" six-year-old daughter?

3. What did the caption read on the front page of the Birmingham News that celebrated mayoral victory?

4. What is the name of Martin Luther King's wife?

5. What does the "C" stand for in the term, "Project C"?

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