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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Sword That Heals.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to MLK, what is the best way to defeat an army?
(a) To strategically place your powers in front of their faces.
(b) To wipe them out with nonviolence.
(c) To divide it.
(d) To persuade them to your side.

2. During the time of slavery, for what purpose were young Negro girls sold and used?
(a) As wives.
(b) As breeders.
(c) As maids.
(d) As cooks.

3. During the time of slavery, why would a Negro cook agree with their white owners instead of defending themselves?
(a) Because they would not get to see their family.
(b) Because they wouldn't be able to live in the master's house.
(c) Because they would lose their job.
(d) Because they would be sold to another owner.

4. What does MLK say are the teachers for human beings?
(a) Imagination and humbleness.
(b) Time and action.
(c) Defeat and social movement.
(d) Success and discovery.

5. During the time of slavery, Negroes were forbidden to associate with each other except in the case of what two things?
(a) Funerals and celebrations.
(b) Birthdays and funerals.
(c) Weddings and funerals.
(d) Birthdays and weddings.

Short Answer Questions

1. What law does MLK say the Supreme Court retreated from it's own position by approving?

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

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 1963, MLK states that the Negro dared to do what for the first time?

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

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