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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. When the Supreme Court modified its decision on school desegregation, what did it permit to corrupt its intent?
(a) Somebodiness.
(b) Tokenism.
(c) Integration.
(d) Outside leaders.

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

3. What does MLK claim is the "sword that heals"?
(a) Nonviolence.
(b) Integration.
(c) Civil Rights.
(d) Equality.

4. In 1963, who was the Vice President of the United States?
(a) Lyndon B. Johnson.
(b) Hubert Humphrey.
(c) Gerald Ford.
(d) Richard Nixon.

5. To the Negro in 1963 nonviolence could symbolize the "gold badge of heroism" rather than what?
(a) The white flag of surrender.
(b) The white feather of cowardice.
(c) The yellow feather of humility.
(d) The yellow flag of despair.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The Vice President of the United States is quoted saying," Emancipation was a Proclamation but" is not what?

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

4. MLK states that the Negro knows when he goes to jail it not only means confinement, but what else does it mean?

5. In the beginning of the book, MLK states that the chill and frost were replaced by what type of spring?

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