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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. In "The Negro Revolution - Why 1963," how many years have gone by when MLK states that humiliation cannot be expected to find "voice in a whisper"?
(a) Two hundred fifty.
(b) One hundred.
(c) Two hundred.
(d) Three hundred.

2. What did the caption read on the front page of the Birmingham News that celebrated mayoral victory?
(a) "Our Hope is Here in Birmingham."
(b) "Bull Connor Revisits Birmingham."
(c) "New Day Dawns for Birmingham."
(d) "Mayor for Birmingham is Elected."

3. In "The Negro Revolution-Why 1963," what does MLK say the Negro had been deeply disappointed over?
(a) The barring of Negros from eating at lunch counters.
(b) The slow pace of school desegregation.
(c) The ignorance of the white leaders.
(d) The complacency of the courts.

4. After MLK was stabbed in the department store, what hospital was he rushed to?
(a) Harlem Hospital.
(b) New York Presbyterian Hospital.
(c) South End Hospital.
(d) North General Hospital.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who said, "Let down your buckets where you are"?

2. What did governor George Wallace pledge to have forever in his inauguration vow?

3. In "The Sword That Heals," MLK states that the Negro turned his back on force because he knew he couldn't win through physical force, and he also believed he could lose what?

4. In the days of slavery what does MLK say kept the Negro captive?

5. In his letter, MLK states that he has heard the word "Wait!" for years and that this word "Wait!" has always meant what?

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