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

2. The Vice President of the United States is quoted saying," Emancipation was a Proclamation but" is not what?
(a) An occurance.
(b) Followed.
(c) A fact.
(d) A real law.

3. MLK states that the Revolution is genuine because it was born from the same womb that always gives birth to massive social upheavals. The womb of intolerable conditions and unendurable what?
(a) Sights.
(b) Places.
(c) Challenges.
(d) Situations.

4. What day did the newspapers show pictures of woman on the ground with policemen bending over them with raised clubs and children being faced by dogs?
(a) May 5th.
(b) May 2nd.
(c) May 3rd.
(d) May 4th.

5. In Letter from Birmingham Jail, what word does MLK confess he is not afraid of?
(a) Violence.
(b) Adversary.
(c) Hate.
(d) Tension.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does MLK state in his letter is the basic reason that he is in Birmingham?

2. What did Mahatma Gandi do in moral leadership to set an example for his nation?

3. MLK proposes in "The Days To Come" that just like the GI Bill of Rights was awarded to war veterans, then what should be awarded to "our veterans of the long siege of denial"?

4. In "The Sword That Heals," what does MLK mention was no longer a disgrace, but a badge of honor?

5. In "The Negro Revolution - Why 1963," MLK states that the nation had come to count on the Negro to endure how?

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