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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 was MLK's executive assistant?
(a) Fred Shuttlesworth.
(b) Wyatt Tee Walker.
(c) Tom King.
(d) Albert Boutwell.

2. Who is the sightless singer that MLK mentions "held a commanding position in our ranks"?
(a) Willie Johnson.
(b) Al Hibbler.
(c) Lemon Jefferson.
(d) Mel Torme.

3. 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) Fred Shuttlesworth.
(b) Edward Gardner.
(c) Bull Conner.
(d) Martin Luther King, Jr.

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

5. Who was the insurance broker that joined other Negro leaders that met with the white Senior Citizens Committee in Bull Connor's Birmingham?
(a) Arthur Shores.
(b) A.G. Gaston.
(c) John Drew.
(d) Edward Gardner.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the first three days of the lunch counter sit-ins, how many arrests had there been?

2. MLK states that a person would have come to a startling conclusion if they had visited Birmingham before what date?

3. According to MLK, what is the best way to defeat an army?

4. MLK states that a person would conclude that Birmingham had been in what type of slumber and had been trapped for decades?

5. MLK states that he has yet to engage in a direct-action campaign that was what?

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