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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Days to Come.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. MLK states that a person would conclude that Birmingham had been in what type of slumber and had been trapped for decades?
(a) Restless slumber.
(b) Winter slumber.
(c) Rip Van Winkle slumber.
(d) Continuous slumber.

2. MLK states that "Undeniably, the Negro had been an object of sympathy and wore" what type of scars?
(a) Scars of terrible skeletons in the closet.
(b) Scars of a failed past.
(c) Scars of deep grievances.
(d) Scars of a remorseful upbringing.

3. MLK describes hate-filled youth that murdered a Negro boy while he was out doing what?
(a) Kicking a can around the neighborhood.
(b) Playing kickball with some friends.
(c) Riding his bicycle.
(d) Eating an ice cream cone.

4. What room number in the Gaston Motel did the planning committees meet in?
(a) Room 40.
(b) Room 20.
(c) Room 15.
(d) Room 30.

5. What does MLK consider one significant element of the March on Washington?
(a) That it was done in the nation's capital.
(b) That it was a congregation of non-violent people.
(c) That it joined together any race that had felt sorrow at one point or another.
(d) That the white churches participated.

Short Answer Questions

1. After MLK was stabbed in the department store, what hospital was he rushed to?

2. There was a visiting statesman that waved his hand and stated that he was "aware of current events. I know everything you are telling me about what the white man is doing to the Negro." Where was this statesman from?

3. 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"?

4. Who said, "Dammit. Turn on the hoses."?

5. MLK tells the clergymen in his letter that anyone who lives where can never be considered an outsider?"

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