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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Bull Connor's Birmingham.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Mahatma Gandhi and his followers had faced the guns of the British Empire in India with nonviolence how many people did they free from colonialism?
(a) More than three hundred and fifty million
(b) More than four hundred million.
(c) More than five hundred million.
(d) More than four hundred and fifty million.

2. In "The Negro Revolution - Why 1963," MLK states that the nation had come to count on the Negro to endure how?
(a) Easily.
(b) Quietly.
(c) Remorsefully.
(d) Mournfully.

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

4. 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?
(a) His place in society.
(b) His past and future.
(c) His belongings.
(d) His soul.

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) Edward Gardner.
(c) Fred Shuttlesworth.
(d) Bull Conner.

Short Answer Questions

1. The results of the March 5th election showed that no candidate had a clear victory. The city had to hold a run-off vote when?

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

3. How many volunteers from the Negro community were willing to join the ranks and go to jail in Birmingham?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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