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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. What does MLK say the extremists were saying while the conservatives were saying, "let us not move so fast"?
(a) "Let us go out and whip the world."
(b) "Let us go out and take a stand against those who have wronged us."
(c) "Let us go out and fight until death."
(d) "Let us go out and stand tall in front of the white man."

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

3. Who said, "Let down your buckets where you are"?
(a) Booker T. Washington.
(b) Rosa Parks.
(c) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(d) John F. Kennedy.

4. Who said, "Those who act boldly are recognizing right as well as reality"?
(a) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(b) John F. Kennedy.
(c) Rosa Parks.
(d) Lyndon B. Johnson.

5. MLK states that the Negro knows when he goes to jail it not only means confinement, but what else does it mean?
(a) To expect a severe beating.
(b) That you won't know where your next meal will come from.
(c) That your cause did not go unnoticed.
(d) Liberty.

Short Answer Questions

1. In MLK's description of the "armies" that were marching in Birmingham, who does he say that doctors marched with?

2. According to MLK, what is the best way to defeat an army?

3. How many cities are mentioned to be in civil turmoil in the beginning of "The Negro Revolution-Why 1963"?

4. When MLK was autographing copies of his book in the Harlem department store, what was he stabbed with?

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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